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schema:articleBody	Human Rights Watch on Tuesday criticised Tunisia over its treatment of homosexuals and its sentencing last month of two young men to two years in jail for sodomy. "Tunisia's record of actively prosecuting people for consensual same-sex conduct is deeply worrying and a blatant invasion of their private life," said Rasha Younes, HRW's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights researcher. "While states and international bodies have commended Tunisia for its progress on human rights, the criminalisation and prosecution of homosexual conduct signals otherwise," she said, referring to reforms since the country's 2011 revolution. The New York-based group, in a statement issued in Beirut, said two 26-year-old men were jailed in early June by a court in El Kef, northwest Tunisia. The two, arrested after one of them filed an unrelated complaint against the other, had refused police attempts to carry out anal tests, apparently as proof, it said. They were convicted under Article 230 of Tunisia's penal code that punishes consensual same-sex conduct with up to three years in prison. "The decision violates their rights to privacy and nondiscrimination under international law and Tunisia's 2014 constitution," said HRW. An appeals hearing is scheduled for July 8. HRW urged Tunisia's health minister to take action "to cease all anal examinations for these purposes and to respect people's right to physical dignity and integrity". "Prosecutions for consensual sex in private between adults violate the rights to privacy and nondiscrimination guaranteed by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Tunisia is a party," it said. HRW also encouraged efforts in the Tunisia parliament to scrap Article 230. "Tunisia has an opportunity to uphold individual freedoms and everyone's right to nondiscrimination and bodily integrity by leading the way in decriminalising same-sex conduct," Younes said. President Kais Saied has said he is opposed to the decriminalisation of homosexuality but also to jail terms based on sexual orientation. Tunisia is seen as a rare democratic success story of the Arab Spring uprisings which toppled dictators in several states. kl/vg/hc/dr
schema:headline	HRW raps Tunisia over treatment of gays
schema:mentions	International law Human Rights Watch Federal Constitutional Court Sexual orientation Homosexuality Human rights Beirut Transgender LGBT President of the United States El Kef Constitution of Tunisia Sodomy law Vulgate Right to privacy Kais Saied Arab Spring Tunisian Revolution
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schema:datePublished	2020-07-07 (xsd:date)
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