Gay Rights still face worldly challenges
2013 was a what is referred to as a banner year for gay rights in the U.S. with more favorable legislation being approved and ever increasing public approval of equality for all of its citizens.
There are still may place on earth where human rights are suppressed and where being gay itself is illegal. Not only is it illegal to be gay in some countries, but the penalties for being gay are surreal. Let's take a look at what's going on in other less civilized countries across the globe.
PENALTIES FOR BEING GAY IN...
Iran: death
Afghanistan: death
Saudi Arabia: death by stoning or life imprisonment
Yemen, inconsistent penalties that can include 7 years in
prison, whipping, or death by stoning
Qatar: death If you are Muslim, everyone else: seven
years in prison
Sudan: death or life imprisonment
Nigeria: death
Somalia: death by stoning
Gambia: 24 hours to leave the country or have your head
cut off
Mauritania: death by public stoning
Uganda: life imprisonment
Tonga: 10 years imprisonment
Guyana: life
imprisonment
Tanzania: minimum 20 years in prison, possible life
sentence
Zambia: 15 years to life imprisonment
Sierra Leone: life imprisonment
Barbados: life imprisonment
Trinidad and Tobago: 25 years in prison
Antigua and Barbuda: 15 years imprisonment
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 10 years imprisonment
Trinidad and Tobago: 25 years imprisonment
Jamaica: 10 years of hard labor if the people don’t chop
you up into pieces on the streets
Dominica: 10 years imprisonment or incarceration in a
psychiatric institution
India: life imprisonment
Maldives: death
Consistently progressive in it's stance on human rights and social issues, Google makes a bold and colorful statement on its opinion about Russia's recently-introduced anti-gay legislation.
Labels: gay, gay oppression, gay right abuses, Google, Google rocks
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