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22 » noyamhftf 17 7 IW I i4 U M jiin e u /s www. ci t ysear ch. com/pdx/r oseci t yvet ROMANIA gay man from Romania lost his hid for asy lum in the United Kingdom on Nov. 1. The high court agreed Gahi Ragman, 25, had been mistreated because of his homosexuality hut mled he did not have a “well-founded fear of persecution" as required by the Geneva Conven tion. If mistreatment was all that was required to win asylum, then every openly gay Romanian would likely qualify, Justice Scott Baker said. “The right protected by the convention is not a right to practice as a homosexual," he wrote. “It is the right not to suffer persecution for doing so. [There can] he various degrees of hostility towards homosexuals that nevertheless fall short of persecution.” Before he left Romania, Ragman was called before a student assembly at his university and told by the institution’s director that he had brought shame on the school because of his sex ual orientation. 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Jack ie Lewis, International Lesbian and Gay Associ ation European co-chairwoman, called the new law “historic.” T “It is arguably the most important law ever introduced in relation to sexual orientation dis crimination,” she said. “It will lead to the ban ning of all aspects of employment discrimina tion first in the 15 European Union member states and then in a further 13 countries as those countries currently applying to join the Euro pean Union become members.” UNITED KINGDOM O ne of Britain’s most prominent Hindu priests was murdered O ct. 20, and police say his secret gay life is a main area of investiga tion. The body of Harish Purohit, 42, was found stabbed 13 times at an empty house in Leicester. “We know he led a double life,” Detective Superintendent Bryan Warraker told the British Broadcasting Corp. “He had a happy domestic home life hut also had a separate social lifestyle.... From the information we have, Har ish had a lot of male friends that he went to meet and engage with in the evenings." Purohit was president of the Hindu Federa tion and secretary of the National Association of Hindu Priests. His wife, Anjana Joshi, told the Times she was aware of his evening activities. “O f course I knew about it,” she said. “But I respected his wishes, and he was always a loving husband. “He was an incredible person, and he has left a big hole in the life of all his family. Whoever chose to take his life was totally selfish and evil beyond belief." T he boyfriend of the first openly gay officer in Britain’s Royal Navy has been fully accepted as a naval spouse. Lt. Cmdr. Craig Jones’ partner, Adam, has attended formal dinners on his ship, the HMS Northumberland, and recently flew to the Mediterranean with Navy wives to visit their husbands in port. The European Court of Human Rights struck down Britain’s ban on gays in the military last year. SWITZERLAND he Swiss government has appointed Justice Minister Ruth Metzler to draft a registered partnership bill for gay couples. The measure is expected to grant registered partners a large number of the rights and obligations of marriage, includ ing adoption rights and access to medically assisted procreation. It also might give immigration rights to foreign lovers. The process of enacting the law could take sev eral years. Gay couples have almost all the rights of marriage in Denmark, France, Greenland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Vermont. IRELAND I providers of goods and services in Ireland 1 cannot discriminate based on sexual orien tation under a law that took effect Oct. 25. The Equal Status Act bans unfair treatment based on gender, age, marital and family status, religion, race, sexual orientation, disability or member ship of the Traveller community (an apparent reference to Gypsies). Enforcement will be carried out by the Office of the Director of Equality Investiga tions, which can impose fines and mandate remedial action. Ireland already bans employ ment discrimination based on the same nine characteristics. j n Com piled by R ex WOCKNER, who has report ed for the gay press since 19 8 5 . He has a bache lor's degree in journalism from Drake University and started his career as a radio reporter.
