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LGBT rights in Eritrea
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Eritrea face legal risks not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. Homosexual acts are illegal in Eritrea, punishable by up to 3 years in prison. LGBT persons are regularly prosecuted by the government and additionally face stigmatization among the broader population.
==Law regarding same-sex sexual activity==
Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Eritrea. Same-sex sexual activity is prohibited in Section II (Sexual Deviations) of the penal code of 1957, inherited from Ethiopia after independence and itself a colonial legacy. Under Article 600 "unnatural carnal offences" can be punished for with imprisonment for between 10 days and 3 years in prison. In practice, little is known about the use of this law, since the state-controlled Eritrean press does not report on the prosecution of homosexuality at all. The British Embassy in Asmara reported that people found to participate in homosexual activity are regularly prosecuted and found guilty. The government routinely detains individuals for consensual homosexual activity and has allegedly periodically engaged in roundups of known or suspected lesbians and gays in the country.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eritrea: US State Department Report on Human Rights for 2011. )〕 In many cases, no charges are laid and the families of accused homosexuals are denied information on their condition or where they are being held. The Eritrean judicial system is opaque and often arbitrary in dealing with accusations of homosexual activity.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eritrea. )〕 The abuse, torture, and beating of prisoners is commonplace, and some have reported that prisoners are illegally executed. Despite this, the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office reported that the death penalty was not used in Eritrea in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eritrea. )〕 In 2003, six gay men were arrested in a public bathroom in Asmara and subsequently transferred to the Diabeto prison facility, known for its housing of political prisoners and journalists. Even those with only tenuous links to the gay and lesbian community within Eritrea are at risk of suspicion of same-sex conduct and consequently arrest and imprisonment.
The government of Eritrea has rejected an appeal by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review process to legalize same-sex sexual activity. This was deemed to be “in direct contradiction with the values and traditions of the Eritrean people.”
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