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Last edited: February 20, 2005
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Kyrgyzstan
Statute
From International
Lesbian and Gay Association
The new Criminal Code of Kyrgyzstan which entered into force on 1 January 1998
decriminalizes consenting same-sex relations between adults. Article 130 of
the new criminal code - "violent actions of a sexual nature" -
punishes "homosexual, lesbian or other actions of a sexual nature
resorting to the use of force or to the threat of force against the victim or
against other individuals or taking advantage of the weakness of the
victim" with a prison sentence of between three to eight years. (ILGA
Europe Euroletter
56)
Prior to this change anal intercourse had been an offence under Article 112
Penal Code of Kyrgyzstan, in line with the old Section 121 from the Former
Soviet Union. Lesbian and non-penetrative gay sex between consenting adults
were not explicitly mentioned.
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