Amnesty International
Six men, who had been jailed for “sodomy”, are now free.
The
six men were already free on bail, but were still under a sentence of
three years in prison, to be followed by a five-year ban from the city
where they were arrested.
They had been arrested on 2 December 2015 at a gathering in the city of Kairouan. They were brought to court on 10 December,
convicted that day and given the maximum sentence of three years in
prison, under Article 230 of the Tunisian Penal Code, which covers
“sodomy and lesbianism”. They were also banned from Kairouan for five
years after release. The men were released on 7 January 2016 pending the
outcome of their appeal.
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