Kenya: Forced Anal Exams To Test Whether Men Have Had Gay Sex Have Been Ruled Illegal

[Sugar Cookie]

The use of forced anal examinations to test whether men have had gay sex have been ruled illegal by a Kenyan court.

An earlier high court decision allowing their use was unconstitutional and a violation of human rights, an appeals court judge said.

The ruling came in a case brought by two gay men who were arrested in 2015 on suspicion of being gay and subjected to forced anal exams and HIV tests.

Gay rights campaigners, who argued the exams amounted to torture, cheered the decision. The exams had also been condemned by the Kenya Medical Association.

'The ruling is a tremendous step not only in upholding the dignity of homosexuals who'd been subjected to the indignities of anal examinations but also to the rule of law in Kenya,' said Eric Gitari, the executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.

Human Rights Watch has said Kenya is one of at least eight countries that have used forced anal exams on suspected homosexuals since 2010, along with Cameroon, Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda and Zambia.

The new ruling undoubtedly will have an impact on those countries, Gitari said.

In Kenya, gay sex faces a penalty of up to 14 years in prison.

The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities in the East African nation have complained of harassment, which in some cases is violent.

Gay people often are ostracized by families and communities and discriminated against when it comes to renting property and finding jobs.

Kenya's High Court last month began hearing arguments in a case that challenges parts of the penal code seen as targeting the LGBT community.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ules-forced-anal-exams-gay-test-unlawful.html

 

[Prettypink513]

Gay rights campaigners, who argued the exams amounted to torture

Ok so I'm not saying that it's right that these people have been subjected to such a humiliating and unfair practice. But if you're taking it in the ass, possibly roughly, an anal exam should be a cake walk. (Don't kill me, ya'll. IJS)

 

[Keepalowprofile]

The thing is... No one should care.

 

[Ripley]

Jesus. There is some fucked up thinking in other countries.