COURT spectators in a Makurdi Magistrate Court got the shock of their lives when a housewife confessed that she hacked her husband to death for daring her for sex on a night she was not keen to do it without using a condom.
Mrs. Agbase Nenge Agidi whose reason for terminating the life of her husband was because he was HIV/AIDS positive and wanted to have sexual relationship with her unprotected which she frowned at.
The suspect told the court that they had worked out how the husband and her could have sex which was duly accepted by both of them, but explained that she was shocked when on that penultimate night, he decided to have it against the established rule.
The woman recalled in tears how the late husband lost his usual calm when desperate about it and she resisted him because her acceptance could spell doom for her, which aggravated the already charged husband into assaulting her physically with all the strength in him.
Mrs Nenge who is already cooling off in the prison, said it was at the point when her husband got hold of a cudgel which he used on her that she realised that she was already in danger and had to fight back for her dear life.
After struggling with her husband to get rid of the cudgel which she eventually did, to protect herself from further attacks, she mistakenly hit the husband on his head and he slumped and died.
The late Nenge’s wife admitted during cross examination that she hit the husband on the head which led to his death but explained that it was due to an act of provocation from her late husband who initially attacked her when he knew he had flouted the rule and it was not safe for her to have sex without condom.
"While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the issue of LGBT rights is exploited by those seeking to divide us. But at its core, this issue is about who we are as Americans. It's about whether this nation is going to live up to its founding promise of equality by treating all its citizens with dignity and respect."
Every two or three days a person is killed in Brazil in violence connected with his or her sexuality, according to Brazil's oldest gay rights association, Grupo Gay da Bahia (GGB). In Mexico, the reported figure is nearly two a week. Most of the victims are men who have sex with other men (MSM) - whether they are gays or bisexuals - or transgender people. But if Brazil and Mexico top the table of violence against men who have sex with men in Latin America, this may be because rights groups there monitor the situation more closely than elsewhere in Latin America. Much violence simply goes unreported elsewhere, gay activist organizations say. "Brazil and Mexico are the only countries which have a register, which keep track of the murders. That does not mean necessarily that there is more violence there," says Arturo Díaz Betancourt of the Mexican National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination. It is notable that when the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Killings made an official mission to Guatemala in 2006 his attention was drawn to a series of murders of gay and transgender people, and his subsequent report to the Human Rights Council stated "There has been impunity for murders motivated by hatred towards persons identifying as gay, lesbian, transgender, and transsexual. Credible information suggests that there were at least 35 such murders between 1996 and 2006. Given the lack of official statistics and the likely reticence if not ignorance of victims' family members, there is reason to believe that the actual numbers are significantly higher." Many Latin American countries boast socially advanced legislation when it comes to defending sexual freedom and orientation. With law reform in Nicaragua and Panama over the past 12 months, there are now no states in Latin America which criminalize homosexual relations, for example. Yet perhaps influenced by a lingering "machismo", prejudice and discrimination continue to flourish, whatever the laws say. Latin America is widely regarded as having a long way to go to successfully counter homophobia, or "fear or hatred of homosexuals." "There is a real contrast between reality and theory. This is the developing region of the world with the highest number of laws against discrimination based on sexual orientation," says Dr. Ruben Mayorga, UNAIDS Country Coordinator for Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Aside from the individual pain homophobic attitudes inflict, the continuing stigma attached to same-sex relations is complicating hugely the task of slowing the spread of HIV in a region where sex between men is a leading mode of HIV transmission, health experts say. Stigma and homophobia increase the isolation of gays, bisexuals and transgender people making them more reluctant to come forward, be identified and get advice. "Homophobia represents a threat to public heath in Latin America," the Pan American Health Organization affirmed in a report. "This form of stigma and discrimination based on sexual orientation does not just affect the mental and physical health of the homosexual community, but contributes to the spread of the HIV epidemic." UNAIDS has long campaigned against discrimination whether against those infected by the HIV virus or against a person for his or her sexual orientation.
Присоединение Армении к заявлению о защите прав человека в вопросах сексуальной идентичности опасно с точки зрения нацбезопасности
Присоединение Армении к заявлению о защите прав человека в вопросах сексуальной идентичности опасно с точки зрения национальной безопасности, считает доктор географических наук, председатель «За устойчивое человеческое развитие» Карине Даниелян.
9 декабря 2008 года на заседании Генеральной Ассамблеи ООН, посвященной 60-летию декларации прав человека, представитель Аргентины от имени 66 государств обратил внимание на необходимость защиты прав сексуальных меньшинств и отмены уголовного преследования за гомосексуализм, выразив серьезную озабоченность тем, что лица с нетрадиционной сексуальной ориентацией во многих странах по-прежнему подвергаются запугиванию и преследованиям, а их права нарушаются.
«Присоединение к этому заявлению может создать проблему на уровне национальной безопасности, так как это может сделать гомосексуальность частью культуры страны, что еще больше сократит темпы демографического воспроизводства», - сказала она в понедельник на пресс-конференции.
По словам Даниелян, темпы демографического воспроизводства в Армении гораздо ниже, чем в той же Европе, потому что наряду с низкой рождаемостью в стране существует еще и проблема с миграцией.
«Да, я считаю, что насилие в отношении этих людей недопустимо, но нельзя также допустить, чтобы гомосексуализм вошел в культуру страны», - сказала Даниелян.
В свою очередь начальник управления по международным организациям МИД Армении Дзюник Агаджанян отметила, что заявление касается лишь борьбы с насилием в отношении сексуальных меньшинств и вовсе не призывает сделать гомосексуальность частью культуры.
«Армения присоединилась к политическому заявлению, которое показывает политическую позицию страны касательно проблемы с насилием в отношении людей с нетрадиционной ориентацией», - сказала она.
По ее словам, в заявлении говорится о том, что, независимо от сексуальной идентичности, человек не должен подвергаться насилию и преследованиям или какой-либо дискриминация. «Я не думаю, что в нашей стране найдется человек, который скажет, что это не так и что закон должен применяться по-разному, в зависимости от сексуальной идентичности человека. Закон одинаков для всех», - отметила Агаджанян.
Deem Communications and its partners, Aftershock productions and Square One , hosted their annual Silver&Gold party at Square One on January 5th, 2009. It was a unique event when we remembered our old and kind times. Somehow people were comparing this party with Monte Cristo and they still miss that club, because it was the first Armenian club where we could feel totally free, even dance on the tables. Square One is a lovely place for us, they are very friendly with customers. I recommend this restaurant as a friendly place with yummy cuisine. Also I would like to mention that last several years' best events Armenia are being organized by Deem Communications.
Mostly I am happy that both Square One and Deem Communications are not homophobic. During the party nobody hurt that sweet gay couple while they were hugging and dancing together.
As Deem Communications mentioned: "Silver&Gold will be the First REAL Party of the Year". And it was true. Thanks to organizers, hope such parties will find place more often. Deem Communications helped us to start a real Happy Year.
