Mahakama ya Kenya yaamuru Mwiko kupima Njia ya Haja Kubwa ya Wanasosikiwa kufanya Ulawiti

 

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A Kenyan appeals court on Thursday ruled unlawful the use of forced anal exams to test whether two men had gay sex, which is criminalized in the East African nation.

   The earlier high court decision was unconstitutional and violated human rights, appellate court Judge Alnashir Visram said during the hearing in the coastal city of Mombasa.

   Gay rights advocates cheered the decision, saying forced anal exams amount to torture. The Kenya Medical Association last year condemned their use.

   "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.

   The commission represented the two men who were arrested in 2015 on suspicion of being gay and subjected to forced anal exams and HIV tests.

   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. The National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission argues that the sections are in breach of the constitution and deny basic rights by criminalizing consensual same-sex relations between adults.

Ukweli Kuhusu Mtindo Gawa Kundu

Na Vijana wa kike siku hizi hawajisheshimu kabisa!

Afariki Baada ya Kubikiriwa na Kulawitiwa na Mume Wake!

Jamani, kwa kweli nimesikitika sana baada ya kusoma habari hii. Huko Yemen, kuna binti wa miaka 13, ambaye aliozwa na wazazi wake kwa kijana mwenye miaka 23. Siku ya ndoa, mume wake alimfunga kamba, alimtoa ubikira , kamnajisi na pia kamlawiti! Hospitali walisema kuwa uke na mkundu ulikuwa umechanika! Jamani! Jamani!

Mola aipokee roho ya binti na kumweka mahala pema peponi. AMIN.

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SHUEBA, Yemen (AP) - A 13-year-old Yemeni child bride who died shortly after marriage was tied down and raped by her husband, her mother said.

Nijma Ahmed, 50, told the Associated Press late Friday that just before her daughter lost consciousness she described how her 23-year-old husband had tied her up and forced himself on her. She bled to death hours later.

Elham Assi died April 2, four days after she was married. A forensic report said her vagina and rectum were deeply ripped, causing her to hemorrhage.

The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in impoverished Yemen. Traditional families prefer young brides and poor families can be lured with hundreds of dollars in gifts.

The UN child agency, UNICEF, says one of three girls in Yemen is married before the age of 18.
"Early marriage places girls at increased risk of dropping out of school, being exposed to violence, abuse and exploitation, and even losing their lives from pregnancy, childbirth and other complications," said regional director Sigrid Kaag, in a statement Wednesday condemning the death.

Tribal custom also plays a role, including the belief that a young bride can be shaped into an obedient wife, bear more children and be kept away from temptation.
Last month, a group of the country's highest Islamic authorities declared those supporting a ban on child marriages to be apostates.

A February 2009 law set the minimum age for marriage at 17, but it was repealed and sent back to parliament's constitutional committee for review after some lawmakers called it un-Islamic. The committee is expected to make a final decision on the legislation this month.

The issue of Yemen's child brides got widespread attention three years ago when an 8-year-old girl boldly went by herself to a courtroom and demanded a judge dissolve her marriage to a man in his 30s. She eventually won a divorce, and legislators began looking at ways to curb the practice.

In September, a 12-year-old Yemeni child-bride died after struggling for three days in labor to give birth, a local human rights organization said.

Usambazaji wa UKIMWI

Hebu someni hii 'study' iliyotoka leo. Inatisha!

Wanasema ukifanya kawaida, ume/uke... chenzsi ya kuamukizwa ni 1 kati ya 10. Na ukifanya huko nyuma (kufira/kulawiti) ni 1 kati ya 3!

Tumieni Kondomu jamani! Mungu atunusuru!

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Heterosexual couples more likely to transmit HIV

August 6th, 2008

Heterosexual couples are at a greater risk of transmitting the HIV virus during sex than most people realise, according to a new study.

It is said that on average only one heterosexual transmission of the AIDS virus would be expected for every 1000 sexual contacts, assuming one partner was HIV-positive and the other negative.

However, American researchers claim that the actual figure could be as high as one transmission for every 10 instances of vaginal sex, reports News.com.au.

At International AIDS Conference, researchers said that the risk could be as high as one transmission for every three instances of heterosexual anal sex.

After reviewing 27 previous studies on HIV transmission, the team concluded that underestimate had arisen because most of the studies were based on heterosexual couples with particularly low-risk habits.

The findings were published online by The Lancet Infectious Diseases. (ANI)

http://www.newspostonline.com/health/heterosexual-couples-more-likely-to-transmit-hiv-20080806976