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Content Type(s): Insight
Topic(s): Peace, Security, & Humanitarianism, Law & Policy
Region(s): Asia
… law passed back in 2014 come into force in Brunei, with particularly worrying consequences for women and LGBTIQ people. Brunei became the first country in South-East Asia to introduce a nation-wide Sharia penal code in 2014. In the three phase implementation process, jail terms and punishments such as whipping for offences including indecency and failure to attend Friday prayers, as well as severing of …
Content Type(s): Insight
Topic(s): Legal Discrimination, Trans
Region(s): Guyana
… that the law in Guyana, which makes it a criminal offense for a man or a woman to appear in a public place while dressed in clothing of the opposite sex for an “improper purpose” is … human rights denied, merely on account of a difference, especially one that poses no threat to public safety and public order." During a press conference held Tuesday morning, November 13th, Ms. Valini Leitch, …
Content Type(s): Publication
Topic(s): Trans, Torture, Violence and Abuse, Legal Discrimination
Region(s): Iran, Southwest Asia and North Africa
Content Type(s): Publication
Topic(s): Legal Discrimination
Region(s): Iran, Southwest Asia and North Africa
Content Type(s): Publication
Topic(s): Legal Discrimination
Region(s): Iran, Southwest Asia and North Africa