Worldwide torture of GLBT's
 

Government inaction -- and at times government provocation -- is a driving force behind the torture and mistreatment of lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, Amnesty International said in a report launched today. The report includes documented examples of torture and ill-treatment in some 30 countries, including Uganda, Pakistan, Argentina, the United States and Russia, and details cases of LGBT people who were antagonized in custody, physically and sexually assaulted, subjected to unnecessary medical or psychiatric treatment, and sometimes forced to flee their countries because of persecution based on their sexual identity.

"Criminals are better regarded than a relationship between two women. So because of this homosexual or lesbian thing, I was treated like the lowest of the low." - Mariana Cetiner

Rest of article: http://www.amnestyusa.org/stoptorture/lgbt/

(we all should know darje has gone thru this, and I for one am very sorry to hear that. :( for darje :rose: )