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Iran: Murder of gay man highlights dangers of state-sanctioned abuses against LGBTI people

The horrible murder of a 20-year-old gay man in Iran has actually dropped new light on just how the criminalization of consensual same-sex sex-related conduct and gender non-conformity perpetuates systemic violence and also discrimination versus lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and also intersex people (LGBTI), stated Amnesty International in a thorough analysis released to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersex-phobia as well as Transphobia. His murder additionally highlights the immediate need for the Iranian authorities to enact as well as execute legislations to secure the civils rights of LGBTI individuals.

Pals of Alireza Fazeli Monfared, who identified as a non-binary gay guy, told Amnesty International that he was abducted by several male family members in his hometown of Ahvaz, Khuzestan district, on 4 Might 2021. The next day the loved ones informed his mommy that they had killed him and discarded his body under a tree. Authorities confirmed that Alireza Fazeli Monfared's throat was slit and also revealed examinations, however none of the thought perpetrators have actually been apprehended to date.

Alireza Fazeli Monfared's brutal murder subjects the harmful repercussions of state sustained homophobia as well as is a tragic reminder of the urgent demand to reverse regulations that outlaw consensual same-sex connections as well as sex non-conformity

\" Alireza Fazeli Monfared's brutal murder exposes the dangerous consequences of state sustained homophobia and is a terrible tip of the urgent demand to reverse regulations that outlaw consensual same-sex relationships as well as gender non-conformity. These legislations promote a permissive climate for homophobic and also transphobic hate criminal activities and legitimize fierce, consisting of deadly, strikes against people on the grounds of their actual or regarded sexual orientation or sex identity.,\" said Diana Eltahawy, Replacement Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.

\" The Iranian authorities' brazen negligence for the lives and safety of LGBTI individuals and also the dominating climate of impunity for such criminal offenses raise the alarm that his murder might go unpunished.

\" We advise the Iranian authorities to conduct a prompt, independent, impartial as well as effective examination into Alireza Fazeli Monfared's murder and also take urgent activity to secure LGBTI people from discrimination, harassment, assaults and also other abuses from state and also non-state actors.\"

According to individuals spoken with by Amnesty International who had known Alireza Fazeli Monfared for months or years before his murder, including his companion and a buddy, he had encountered years of homophobic and transphobic harassment and death threats by several male family members because he did not adapt to the binary socio-cultural sex stereotypes and also \"norms\" in Iran. According to these educated sources, he had never reported such occurrences to the cops out of an anxiety of facing violence and prosecution through the authorities.

LGBTI individuals in Iran encounter prevalent discrimination, live in the constant fear of harassment, arrest as well as prosecution, and remain vulnerable to violence and also oppression based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation as well as sex identification.

Under Iran's Islamic Penal Code consensual same-sex sex-related conduct is outlawed and penalized by fines varying from flogging to the death penalty.

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