Release Detained HIV/AIDS Experts in Iran!

Filed Under AIDS/HIV, Human Rights, Middle East | July 22nd, 2008

AIDS/HIV News(New York, NY) -– Iranian authorities should immediately release or charge two physicians who are internationally recognized for their work on HIV/AIDS, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. The men, Arash and Kamyar Alaei, who are brothers, were detained without charge by Iranian security forces in late June, and their whereabouts remain unknown. Read more

Turkish Court Orders LambdaIstanbul to Shut Down

Filed Under Court Cases, Legal, Middle East, Sexual Bigotry | May 30th, 2008

Lambda Symbol(Istanbul, Turkey) — On May 29th, 2008, the local court in Istanbul has announced its judgment for Lambdaistanbul LGBT Solidarity Association to be shut down. The legal process will go on with the Supreme Court of Appeals looking over the case file. The association is not yet closed down until there is a final decision by the Supreme Court of Appeals. Read more

Egyptian Court Upholds HIV Sentences, Reinforces Intolerance

Filed Under AIDS/HIV, Court Cases, Human Rights, Legal, Middle East | May 29th, 2008

Egyptian Court Case News(Cairo, Egypt) – A Cairo appeals court’s decision to uphold the sentences imposed on five men jailed in a crackdown on people living with HIV/AIDS underscores the Egyptian government’s dangerous indifference to public health and justice, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more

Groundbreaking Queer Egyptian Film to Premiere at Frameline32

Filed Under Gay Entertainment, Gay Events, Gay Film, Middle East | May 28th, 2008

Scene from All My Life: Rami and Waleed in bed (Photo courtesy of EUFS)Cairo, Egypt — The Egyptian Underground Film Society (EUFS) is proud to announce the world premiere of its first production, All My Life, at Frameline 32, The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, June 19-29, 2008, the world’s oldest and largest queer film festival! Read more

Homophobic Violence Points to Rights Crisis in Turkey

Filed Under Homophobia, Human Rights, Middle East | May 23rd, 2008

Human Rights Watch - LGBT(Istanbul, Turkey) – Turkey should urgently change law and policy to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people from extensive harassment and brutality on the streets, in homes, and in state-run institutions, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released this week. Read more

Bahraini Gays Speak Out!

Filed Under Homophobia, Middle East, Politics, Sexual Bigotry | April 24th, 2008

The gay communtiy in Baharain are furious and starting to speak out on the latest campaign to stamp out homosexuality in this Gulf state. Read more

Police Raid Turkish Human Rights Organization!

Filed Under GLBT Equality, Human Rights, Middle East, Police Beat | April 17th, 2008

Human Rights Watch - LGBT(Istanbul, Turkey) – A police raid on a Turkish human rights organization is the latest incident in an escalating pattern of harassment of gay rights groups, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. Read more

Update on Egyptian Trial

Filed Under AIDS/HIV, Court Cases, Homophobia, Human Rights, Legal, Middle East | April 9th, 2008

Yesterday’s post: Egyptian Doctors Helping Police Denounced! made mention of five more men facing trial in Cairo on April 9th. Here’s the update on that tragedy: Read more

Egyptian Doctors Helping Police Denounced!

Filed Under AIDS/HIV, Court Cases, Health, Human Rights, Middle East, Police Beat | April 8th, 2008

Egyptian Court Case News(New York/Cairo) – As five more men face trial in Cairo on April 9 in a widening and dangerous police crackdown on people living with HIV/AIDS, 117 organizations worldwide working in the fields of health and human rights condemned the crackdown and the participation of medical personnel. Read more

Presidential Candidates Called to Stop Gay Iranians’ Deportations

Filed Under Human Rights, Middle East, Politics | April 3rd, 2008

PHILADELPHIA, (PRNewswire-USNewswire) — Equality Forum, a US headquartered national and international GLBT civil rights organization, are calling on Presidential candidates Clinton, McCain and Obama to send letters to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to revoke the deportation orders for the return of gays and lesbians in the UK to Iran. Read more

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