Azerbaijan gay travel - LGBT rmatn July 2023 - Visa List

Contents:

• BAKU GAY TRAVEL
• GAY LIFE AZERBAIJAN
• AZERBAIJAN: ANTI-GAY CRACKDOWN
• BEG GAY AZERBAIJAN
• AZERBAIJAN GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN JULY 2023
• AZERBAIJAN WORST PLACE TO BE GAY EUROPE, FDS LGBTI X
• AZERBAIJAN DETAS DOZENS OF GAY AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
• MORE THAN 100 LGBT PEOPLE TORTURED, HUIATED, IN AZERBAIJAN"THE CREATUR... ARE SOURC OF IMMORALY, DANGERO DISEAS, AND HAVE BEEN CURSED BY GOD.” {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 24, 2017/11:14 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}RUL REHIMOV/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY IMAGBAKU, AZERBAIJAN - SEPTEMBER 22: TRADNAL BANDS PERFORM AS AZERBAIJANI FLAG IS SEEN ON A SCREEN DURG A CEREMONY DUE TO THE STARTG OF 2017 WOMEN'S EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPNSHIP AT THE NATNAL GYMNASTICS ARENA BAKU, AZERBAIJAN ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2017. (PHOTO BY RUL REHIMOV/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 24, 2017 / 11:14 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MORE THAN 100 LGBT PEOPLE TORTURED, HUIATED, IN AZERBAIJAN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-24T15:14:45.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-24T15:14:45.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ARE REPORTED ON A BTAL ANTI-LGBT CRACKDOWN AZERBAIJAN THAT HAS SEEN DOZENS OF PEOPLE BEATEN, HUIATED AND ARRTED BY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POLICE BAKU CLAIM 'S PART OF AN ANTI-PROSTUTN MPAIGN, BUT CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENRS REPORTS THAT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS, AT LEAST 100 GAY MEN AND TRANS WOMEN HAVE BEEN DISCRIMATELY ARRTED ON THE STREET, BARS, AND EVEN THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTIVISTS SPEAKG WH VICTIMS REPORT THEY HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO VERBAL ABE, BEATGS, AND FORCED MEDIL EXAMATNS. (IN ADDN, TRANS WOMEN'S HEADS HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY SHAVED.) MANY WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO LEAVE AFTER PROVIDG NAM AND ADDRS OF OTHER LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AUTHORI SIST POLICE WERE SIMPLY RPONDG TO PLATS ABOUT SEX WORKERS AND DG TRAFFICKG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN OUR UNTRY, REPRENTATIV OF SEX MORI HAVE NEVER BEEN PERSECUTED," SAID A REPRENTATIVE OM THE MISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS TOLD KAVKAZ. "HOWEVER, THIS DO NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE EXEMPT OM LIABILY FOR ILLEGAL ACTNS. THE POLICE HAD TO TAKE MEASUR NNECTN WH THE FACT THAT RECENTLY PEOPLE OF NON-TRADNAL SEXUAL ORIENTATN ENGAGED PROSTUTN GATHER REGULARLY CERTA PLAC THE CENTER OF THE CY THE EVENG AND VLATE PUBLIC ORR."OLGA MALTSEVA/GETTY IMAGA GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST WAV A DAMAGED RABOW FLAG DURG A GAY PRI ST. PETERSBURG ON JULY 26, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AYAZ EFENDIYEV OF THE JTICE PARTY HAS LLED FOR THE RAIDS TO NTUE, AND BLAM THE WT FOR ATTEMPTG TO STROY TRADNAL VALU BY “FENDG THE CREATUR WHO ARE SOURC OF IMMORALY, DANGERO DISEAS, AND WHO HAVE BEEN CURSED BY GOD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOSTLY MLIM NATN RANKED LAST AMONG 49 EUROPEAN UNTRI THE 2016 ILGA-EUROPE RABOW INX, MEETG ONLY 5% OF GROUP'S THE CRERIA TO BE NSIRED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CRISIS AZERBAIJAN BARELY FIVE MONTHS AFTER REPORTS OF DOZENS OF ARRTS OF GAY MEN CHECHYNA, ANOTHER FORMER SOVIET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE REPORTS OF LGBTQ PEOPLE AZERBAIJAN BEG ARRTED AND ABED BY THORI ARE EPLY DISTURBG, MUCH LIKE THE ATROCI OCCURRG AGAST GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN NEARBY CHECHNYA," SAYS HRC GLOBAL DIRECTOR TY COBB. "IT'S ABSOLUTELY CCIAL THAT THE TMP ADMISTRATN AND THE TERNATNAL MUNY MAND HUMAN RIGHTS AB AGAST LGBTQ PEOPLE THE REGN IMMEDIATELY CEASE AND THOSE RPONSIBLE BE HELD ACUNTABLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN LEGAL AZERBAIJAN SCE 2001, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMERO HATE CRIM PERPETRATED AGAST GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE. WHAT MUNY DO EXIST, BIG CI LIKE BAKU, IS PLETELY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2014, WHEN WORD OF ACTIVIST JAVID NABIYEV’S ENGAGEMENT TO HIS BOYIEND GOT OUT, THE UPLE WAS TARGETED BY A NATNWI HATE MPAIGN. NABIYEV WAS ACCED OF BEG A SPY, ROUTELY HARASSED AND BEATEN BY POLICE, AND EVENTUALLY WAS FORCED TO FLEE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT SAME YEAR AN 18-YEAR-OLD WAS REPORTEDLY SET ON FIRE BY HIS PARENTS AFTER THEY DISVERED WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF BACKLASH THE REGN,” SAYS IGLA DIRECTOR BJORN VAN ROOZENDAAL LAST YEAR. “ONE MON NOMATOR IS THAT ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, RSIA, ALL WANT TO DISTANCE THEMSELV OM THE WT AND THE LGBTI STGGLE HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF THAT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, NABIYEV DISCS THE CURRENT SUATN A FACEBOOK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GAY AZERBAIJAN TRAVEL GUI
• AZERBAIJANI MEDIA PLAYS “GAY” SEQUEL

BAKU GAY TRAVEL

I had ncerns about visg Baku as a gay person, as would many travelers attracted to betiful ci nservative untri. Baku is still not so easy for lols, even though there are no longer any laws prohibg homosexualy, gay life.

Azerbaijan thori have been known to arrt gay dividuals on spic charg. If you do not have a VPN app on your phone, then be sure to turn off any lotn-based datg or other gay apps.

I personally did not enunter any issu while travelg Azerbaijan wh my gay iend Hassan. My personal goal as a gay traveler is to tt out the gay travel experience Baku and other ci around the world. This way I n relay the most important rmatn to other gay dividuals about what different cultur and ci are like.

GAY LIFE AZERBAIJAN

Remember to be reful about which hotel you choose as a gay traveler Baku. Here are a few other fantastic hotels for Baku gay travelers that are highly rated and perfectly loted for explorg the bt of the cy.

There are two particular areas that all gay tourists Baku should avoid. Gay Azeris face difficulty exprsg their sexual inti bee most people the untry are simply nfed about homosexualy.

AZERBAIJAN: ANTI-GAY CRACKDOWN

Many cizens of Azerbaijan do not posss the knowledge or have the rourc to unrstand that homosexualy is normal. More than 80 LGBT+ dividuals were arrted September 2017 durg a ernment crackdown targetg Baku gay lols. The year 2000 saw the abolishg of the Azerbaijani law forbiddg homosexual teractns (gay sex).

Although homosexual acts between nsentg male adults were officially crimalized, reports about police ab agast gays, maly male prostut, persisted durg the last year. It has been observed that the state ntrolled media outlets e homosexualy as a tool to harass and discred crics of the ernment and opposn journalist.

Homosexualy Azerbaijan is an issue surround by nfn, ignorance, secrecy and a lack of nceptual unrstandg at the most basic level. There is hardly any objective and rrect rmatn on the psychologil, soclogil and legal aspects of homosexualy Azerbaijan, wh the rult that the majory of society simply do not know what homosexualy is. “Comg out” as a gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr person is therefore rare and dividual LGBT people are aaid of the nsequenc.

BEG GAY AZERBAIJAN

Some, particular those who are fancially pennt and livg Baku, are able to lead a safe life as a LGBT person, as long as they ‘practice’ their homosexualy the private sphere.

The age of nsent is equal for both heterosexual and homosexual sex, at 16 years of age. As of 2009, there are no tablished forms of legally regnized unns for homosexuals.

AZERBAIJAN GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN JULY 2023

But not all is well for LGBT people Azerbaijan; is, spe some reforms and secularism, still a Mlim-based untry where homophobia has ep roots i the relign. As reported this BBC story, one gay artist was forced to flee his untry bee of persecutn and threats. Officials Azerbaijan sist gay visors are wele to the 2012 Eurovisn song ntt when the event, which has an enthiastic gay followg, is hosted the pal, Baku.

AZERBAIJAN WORST PLACE TO BE GAY EUROPE, FDS LGBTI X

However, such assuranc jar wh those who have had first-hand experience of how homosexuals are treated Azeri society. “My brother has vowed to kill me, and then kill himself, ” says Babi Badalov (photo right), a radil gay Azeri artist who has recently been granted polil asylum France.

“We knew he was gay, ” says his iend Tora Aghabayova, also an artist. But his applitn failed on the grounds that homosexualy was not illegal Azerbaijan. “Homosexualy here is seen as worse than prostutn, ” says Yadigyar Sadykov, a human rights activist om Mr Badalov’s native regn.

AZERBAIJAN DETAS DOZENS OF GAY AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE

I have heard of many suicis of spected homosexuals – I have never met an openly gay person around here. “Durg Eurovisn, no-one will bother gay foreigners Baku, ” says Alekper Aliyev, a wrer and an thor of a ntroversial book about a gay relatnship between an Azeri and a man om Armenia, the untry’s historic enemy.

MORE THAN 100 LGBT PEOPLE TORTURED, HUIATED, IN AZERBAIJAN"THE CREATUR... ARE SOURC OF IMMORALY, DANGERO DISEAS, AND HAVE BEEN CURSED BY GOD.” {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 24, 2017/11:14 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}RUL REHIMOV/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY IMAGBAKU, AZERBAIJAN - SEPTEMBER 22: TRADNAL BANDS PERFORM AS AZERBAIJANI FLAG IS SEEN ON A SCREEN DURG A CEREMONY DUE TO THE STARTG OF 2017 WOMEN'S EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPNSHIP AT THE NATNAL GYMNASTICS ARENA BAKU, AZERBAIJAN ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2017. (PHOTO BY RUL REHIMOV/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 24, 2017 / 11:14 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MORE THAN 100 LGBT PEOPLE TORTURED, HUIATED, IN AZERBAIJAN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-24T15:14:45.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-24T15:14:45.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ARE REPORTED ON A BTAL ANTI-LGBT CRACKDOWN AZERBAIJAN THAT HAS SEEN DOZENS OF PEOPLE BEATEN, HUIATED AND ARRTED BY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POLICE BAKU CLAIM 'S PART OF AN ANTI-PROSTUTN MPAIGN, BUT CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENRS REPORTS THAT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS, AT LEAST 100 GAY MEN AND TRANS WOMEN HAVE BEEN DISCRIMATELY ARRTED ON THE STREET, BARS, AND EVEN THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTIVISTS SPEAKG WH VICTIMS REPORT THEY HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO VERBAL ABE, BEATGS, AND FORCED MEDIL EXAMATNS. (IN ADDN, TRANS WOMEN'S HEADS HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY SHAVED.) MANY WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO LEAVE AFTER PROVIDG NAM AND ADDRS OF OTHER LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AUTHORI SIST POLICE WERE SIMPLY RPONDG TO PLATS ABOUT SEX WORKERS AND DG TRAFFICKG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN OUR UNTRY, REPRENTATIV OF SEX MORI HAVE NEVER BEEN PERSECUTED," SAID A REPRENTATIVE OM THE MISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS TOLD KAVKAZ. "HOWEVER, THIS DO NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE EXEMPT OM LIABILY FOR ILLEGAL ACTNS. THE POLICE HAD TO TAKE MEASUR NNECTN WH THE FACT THAT RECENTLY PEOPLE OF NON-TRADNAL SEXUAL ORIENTATN ENGAGED PROSTUTN GATHER REGULARLY CERTA PLAC THE CENTER OF THE CY THE EVENG AND VLATE PUBLIC ORR."OLGA MALTSEVA/GETTY IMAGA GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST WAV A DAMAGED RABOW FLAG DURG A GAY PRI ST. PETERSBURG ON JULY 26, 2014. AFP PHOTO / OLGA MALTSEVA (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AYAZ EFENDIYEV OF THE JTICE PARTY HAS LLED FOR THE RAIDS TO NTUE, AND BLAM THE WT FOR ATTEMPTG TO STROY TRADNAL VALU BY “FENDG THE CREATUR WHO ARE SOURC OF IMMORALY, DANGERO DISEAS, AND WHO HAVE BEEN CURSED BY GOD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOSTLY MLIM NATN RANKED LAST AMONG 49 EUROPEAN UNTRI THE 2016 ILGA-EUROPE RABOW INX, MEETG ONLY 5% OF GROUP'S THE CRERIA TO BE NSIRED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CRISIS AZERBAIJAN BARELY FIVE MONTHS AFTER REPORTS OF DOZENS OF ARRTS OF GAY MEN CHECHYNA, ANOTHER FORMER SOVIET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE REPORTS OF LGBTQ PEOPLE AZERBAIJAN BEG ARRTED AND ABED BY THORI ARE EPLY DISTURBG, MUCH LIKE THE ATROCI OCCURRG AGAST GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN NEARBY CHECHNYA," SAYS HRC GLOBAL DIRECTOR TY COBB. "IT'S ABSOLUTELY CCIAL THAT THE TMP ADMISTRATN AND THE TERNATNAL MUNY MAND HUMAN RIGHTS AB AGAST LGBTQ PEOPLE THE REGN IMMEDIATELY CEASE AND THOSE RPONSIBLE BE HELD ACUNTABLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN LEGAL AZERBAIJAN SCE 2001, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMERO HATE CRIM PERPETRATED AGAST GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE. WHAT MUNY DO EXIST, BIG CI LIKE BAKU, IS PLETELY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2014, WHEN WORD OF ACTIVIST JAVID NABIYEV’S ENGAGEMENT TO HIS BOYIEND GOT OUT, THE UPLE WAS TARGETED BY A NATNWI HATE MPAIGN. 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There are several openly gay celebri Baku who have money and bodyguards, and they are safe. But nothg will change for the majory of gays, particularly the provc.

Azeri officials disagree, potg out that Azerbaijan crimalized homosexualy 2001. “Recently there has been much ill-rmed speculatn by some expatriat about how we treat our homosexual muny, ” says Elnur Aslanov, a senr official om the printial admistratn.

“Everyone knows that after midnight not far om this hotel you n get gay sex wh a transvte prostute.

GAY AZERBAIJAN TRAVEL GUI

“Everybody’s rights are vlated Azerbaijan, ” says Mr Badalov, “and gays are not an exceptn. Homosexualy is not well seen and public homosexual behavr not tolerated, although a uple of bars seem to work as meetg plac for the gay and lbian muny. Currently article 150 only prcrib punishment for vlent homosexual terurse, which is punishable by 3-15 year imprisonment.

AZERBAIJANI MEDIA PLAYS “GAY” SEQUEL

Lbian and non-perative gay sex between nsentg adults is not explicly mentned the laws as a crimal offense. In a recent printial amnty, prisoners nvicted for homosexual acts were exclud om those released. There are no exclively Gay bars, but a uple of bars have a mixed clientele.

Anyway, male or female, straight or gay, take preutns, HIV fectn levels are on the rise Azerbaijan.

As far as I n remember, an anizatn, official reprentativ of LGBT muny Azerbaijan, exists om 2006 – 2007 [this was ‘Azeri Gay Communy’]. Q: Although homosexualy is legal Azerbaijan, I unrstand that is not tolerated?