Men suspected of same-sex relationships in countries that outlaw them are subjected to examinations which ‘amount to torture’Criminalising homosexuality amounts to torture in many of the 76 countries where same-sex relationships are outlawed,a United Nations report has declared.
Prof Juan Mendez, the organisation’s special rapporteur on torture, and has called for decriminalisation in his latest submission to the UN’s human rights council on the grounds that the bans – which sometimes carry the death penalty – legitimise homophobia and loathe crimes.
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Source: theguardian.com