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Tunisia | Court upholds jail sentence for homosexuality

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Defying international law, an appeals court in Tunisia has upheld an earlier judgment sending two men to prison for homosexuality. Human Rights Watch reported that the court made the decision on 28 July, affirming their guilt on charges of sodomy under article 230 of the penal code.

The men had originally been sentenced to two years in jail in June, but the appeals court reduced their sentence to one year in prison.

Police arrested the men, both 26, on suspicion of same-sex conduct on 3 June in Le Kef, a city 175 kilometres southwest of Tunis, after one of them filed an unrelated complaint against the other.

Human Rights Watch said their conviction violates the rights to privacy and non-discrimination under international law and under the

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