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Uzbekistan | Anal tests forced on men accused of homosexuality

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Human rights groups say that at least six men in Uzbekistan have been forced to undergo anal tests to prosecute them for consensual same-sex relations. According to the organisations, the incidents – which constitute cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment that can amount to torture – took place between 2017 and 2021.

In the most recent case, under orders from Internal Affairs officials, doctors subjected two men to forced anal exams in early 2021.

A Tashkent court sentenced both men to two years under house arrest, in part on the basis of medical reports purporting to find evidence of same-sex conduct.

The men, who had lived together before the arrest, were ordered to serve their sentences in cities 500 kilometres apart and have been

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