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Dec 01, 2006
Articles: Indian gay law hits rights, AIDS fight -U.N.
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By vanrozenheim
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(NEW DELHI, INDIA) - India is violating the human rights of its gay minority and undermining a battle against HIV/AIDS by holding on to a "puritan" colonial-era law that bans homosexuality, the UNAIDS country chief said on Thursday. Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which carries a jail term of 10 years for men having sex with men (MSM), is part of India's "head in the sand" approach to gays, said Denis Broun. "These people are discriminated against just because of their sexual preference, for no other reason," Broun told Reuters on the eve of World AIDS day. "It violates their human rights."
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