Why am I an Advocate for gay rights? The following nations incite the associated fines & punishments for people who are gay. Tell me after being born this way that its still not a big deal once youve read this. Imagine if it was because you had brown eyes instead of blue, or dark hair, imagine if it was you. . . . Afghanistan — Imprisonment Algeria — Fines and a jail sentence of up to three years Angola — Fine and jail. Forced labor camp Antigua and Barbuda — Up to 15 years in prison Bangladesh — Fine and up to 10 years in prison Barbados — Up to life in prison Belize — 10 years in prison Brunei — Fine and imprisonment of up to 10 years Botswana — A jail sentence of up to five years Cameroon — Fine and up to five years in jail Comoros — Fine and a jail sentence of up to five years Dominica — Up to 25 years in prison and psychiatric institutionalization Gambia — Up to 14 years in prison Ghana — A prison term between five and 25 years Grenada — Up to 10 years in prison Guyana — Two years to life in prison Jamaica — Up to 10 years in prison Iran — Death Kenya — Between 14 and 21 years in prison Kirbati — Up to 14 years in prison Kuwait — Up to seven years in jail Malawi — Up to 14 years in prison and possible corporal punishment Malaysia — Up to 20 years in prison and possibly whipping Maldives — permanent house arrest for women; banishment & whippings for men Mauritania — Death penalty by public stoning Morocco — Fine and between six month and three years in jail Myanmar — Fine and up to 10 years in prison Nauru — Hard labor up to 14 years Nigeria — Death penalty for men and whipping and/or imprisonment for women in 12 northern Nigerian states. Up to 14 years in jail in the rest of the country Papua New Guinea — Up to 14 years in prison Russia — $100 to $30k fine, termination of employment, possible removal of children from custody Saudi Arabia — Banishment, whipping, and death by public stoning Seychelles — Up to 14 years in prison Sierra Leone — Life in prison Trinidad and Tobago — Up to 25 years in prison Uganda — 14 years to life in prison United Arab Emirates — Various punishments, possibly a death sentence Yemen — Imprisonment up to seven years, whipping with 100 lashes, or death by stoning, depending on gender and circumstances Zambia — 15 years to life in prison Zimbabwe — Fine and up to 10 years in prison . . . . tell me now its no big deal
Posted on: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:13:23 +0000
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