Amnesty: Overturn jail terms of two LGBTQ+ people in Tunisia ...Kuwait

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Amnesty International on Sunday called on a Tunisian court to overturn the prison sentences of a transgender woman and a gay man convicted of homosexuality. An appellate court is due to hold an appeal trial on Monday after a lower court convicted the two and sentenced the woman to three years in jail and the man to one. Their sentencing in December came after police raided a residence in the town of Hammamet earlier that month, arresting eight people suspected of performing homosexual acts. Lawyer Safouen Jouili said they were questioned without legal representation. Two were charged while the rest were let go because of a lack of evidence. "It is appalling and unacce

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