Gay kairouan, tunisia

Kairouan homosexuality case On 10 December , [1] six male university students in the city of Kairouan in Tunisia, were sentenced to six years in prison for allegedly having sex with other men and were banned from Kairouan for five years after they had completed their sentences.

We might associate such a complaint with an antisocial issue — noise, perhaps. For six male students in the city of Kairouan in Tunisia, it was much more serious than that. Being gay is illegal in Tunisia — punishable by a maximum of three years in prison.

Kairouan (Tunisia) (AFP) – A Tunisian man appeared in court Monday in the latest hearing in a long-running case that could see him returned to prison for more than two years for homosexuality.

A Tunisian court has dropped a long-running, symbolic case against a gay rights activist who faced prison for alleged homosexual acts, a court official and a rights group said. The appeals court in the central city of Kairouan ruled that the case against activist "Daniel" was null and void, rights group Damj said. Court spokesman Riadh Ben Halima confirmed the ruling, saying it was on the basis of "procedural irregularities, as police had searched his computer without a warrant".

Kairouan homosexuality case On 10 December , [1] six male university students in the city of Kairouan in Tunisia, were sentenced to six years in prison for allegedly having sex with other men and were banned from Kairouan for five years after they had completed their sentences.

Sentenced to prison for homosexuality three times in the past three years, a gay Tunisian fled today to an undisclosed European country. From the African Human Rights Media Network. com reports:.

Kairouan (Tunisia) (AFP) – A Tunisian man appeared in court Monday in the latest hearing in a long-running case that could see him returned to prison for more than two years for homosexuality.

TUNIS - The flying of the rainbow flag in Tunisia's capital is seen as a sign that homosexuality is finally emerging from the shadows in the conservative Muslim nation. But many of those affected directly prefer to keep their private lives a secret in a country where homosexuality is still considered a crime. As the world on Tuesday marked International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, in the North African country homosexuals remain subject to both social and legal discrimination.