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Last edited: April 10, 2007
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Uzbekistan
- Statute: Article 120
- Penalty: 3 years
- Restrictions: Applies only to male-male sexual
contact.
Article 120 of the new penal code of 1995 still punishes sodomy ("besakalbazlyk"
in Uzbek) between consenting adults - by up to three years’ imprisonment. (Euroletter
55)
The old Penal Code (Article 100) had followed the corresponding Section 121
of the old Soviet Union code, which only specifically criminalized "anal
intercourse between men". (PB)
It appears that lesbian and non-penetrative gay sex between consenting
adults is not explicitly mentioned in the new law as being a criminal offense.
Source: http://www.ilga.org/Information/legal_survey/asia_pacific/uzbekistan.htm#*Laws
News
- Uzbek
Authorities Accuse U.S.–Based Aid Group of "Supporting Gay
Lifestyle" - The
Advocate, March 1, 2007
- Finding Asylum - The
Advocate, December 21, 2004
- Ruslan Sharipov Granted Asylum in the United
States - November 4, 2004
- Jailed Uzbek Journalist Gets Asylum in U.S.
- October 28, 2004
- Gay Journalist Given Asylum in U.S. -
October 27, 2004
- Annual Press Freedom Report, Uzbekistan -
October 27, 2004
- Jailed Uzbek Journalist Claims Early Release
Won’t Allow Freedom of Movement - June 15, 2004
- Uzbekistan Delays Gay Prisoner’s Release -
June 12, 2004
- Gay Uzbek Journalist Waiting for Release -
June 12, 2004
- Human Rights Watch Calls for Release of Gay
Journalist - January 16, 2004
- Uzbek Government Says Jailed Gay Journalist
Won’t Be Amnestied - December 22, 2003
- Gay Journalist Refused Amnesty - December
22, 2003
- Jailed Uzbek Journalist Wins Press Award - December 1, 2003
-
Uzbeck Journalist Gets Award - November 27, 2003
- U.S. Diplomat Urges Uzbek Authorities to Release
Gay Journalist - November 11, 2003
- Gay
Uzbek Writer Speaks of Torture - November 4, 2003
- Gay
Journalist Tortured Into Confession - November 3, 2003
- Journalist Says Confession Made After Being
Tortured - November 2, 2003
- Prison Time Cut for Uzbek Journalist -
September 27, 2003
- Sentence Reduced for Gay Journalist in Uzbekistan
- September 25, 2003
- Uzbek Court Reduces Sentence in Gay Case -
September 25, 2003
- Uzbek Court Rejects Journalist's Plea -
September 25, 2003
- Gay Journalist Denied Prison Release for Appeal
- September 24, 2003
- Uzbek Appeals Court Rejects Plea for Release on
Bail of Gay Journalist - September 23, 2003
- UGA Friends Say Charges Against Human Rights
Activist Are Fake - September 3, 2003
- Lawyer for Gay Uzbek Journalist Beaten -
September 3, 2003
- Four Men Beat Uzbek Journalist’s Lawyer -
September 1, 2003
- Gay Uzbek Journalist Convicted - August 14,
2003
- Gay Uzbek Journalist Convicted of Sodomy -
August 13, 2003
- Uzbek Journalist Pleads Guilty to Being Gay -
August 12, 2003
- Uzbek Journalist Pleads Guilty to Sodomy Charges
- August 12, 2003
- Uzbek Journalist Charged with Sodomy Demands New
Judge - August 1, 2003
- Uzbek Trial of Gay Journalist Reveals Civil
Rights Abuses - July 24, 2003
-
Gay Journalist on Trial in Uzbekistan - July 23, 2003
- Gay Human Rights Defender Arrested in Uzbekistan
- 365Gay.com, May 29, 2003
- Uzbekistan Journalists Face Gay ‘Offense’
- Gay.com U.K., May 29, 2003
Advocates
Free Uzbek Rights Defender Ruslan
Sharipov - Human Right Watch
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