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T h a t’s ironic, activists say, Prosecutors claimed medical exams proved because the nation repeatedly has rejected Fatah engaged in gay sex. He screamed and demands that it repeal all anti-gay laws prior to cried when the verdict was handed down. joining the European Union. T he rest of the detainees remain jailed at According to the Washington Post, Michael Tora Prison as their trials continue in an emer Guest will he joined in Bucharest by his partner, gency state security court. T he rulings cannot be Alex Nevarez, who was onstage at the swearing- appealed. in ceremony and was verbally acknowledged by The men are charged with practicing sexual Secretary of State Colin Powell. “T hat small immorality and “forming a group which aims to gesture spoke volumes,” Human Rights C am exploit the Islamic religion to propagate extremist paign spokesman David Smith said. ideas.” The immorality offense carries a maximum Moscow gay leader Nikita Ivanov agreed. sentence of three years in prison, and the religion “This is fabulous,” he said. offense carries a maximum penalty of five years. W hen President Bill Clinton named Jim Human rights groups, including Amnesty Hormel as ambassador to Luxembourg in 1997, International, have denounced the arrests. The the Senate blocked him for 21 months. The open International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights ly gay man finally was appointed in 1999 without Commission worries about a loss of interest in confirmation while the chamber was in recess. the men’s predicament as attention focuses on “It is amazing, the contrast of the opposition the U.S. war on terrorism. to Mr. Hormel and the ease with which this gen “We are concerned that the U nited States tleman was confirmed,” Smith said. “In normal will forsake human rights consideration as it circumstances, this probably would have tries to forge its worldwide [anti-terrorism] coali received a lot more attention. Mr. Guest’s con tion,” program director Scott Long said. “If this firmation hearing transcript did not contain any happens, the U.S. government will have not mention of his sexual orientation, though he only abandoned the [men] to an unfair and said he was not married. He is a career foreign lengthy prison stay, hut it will also betray the service officer, has a lengthy career within the very values it has sworn to defend.” State Department and was head of the legisla C om m unications director Sydney Levy tive office, so he likely enjoyed stellar relation added: “Many news agencies are focusing most ships with every Senate office.” of their attention on the dreadful Sept. 11 Sydney Levy, International Gay and Lesbian attack and its aftereffects, leaving little room for Human Rights Commission communications anything else. T he Egyptian government is director, said G uest’s confirm ation “shows using this moment to seal the fate of the progress on the part of the U.S. government. It [detainees], knowing that its actions will go is ironic that it’s Romania. Ambassador ap unchallenged by the world’s public opinion.” pointments have great symbolic importance, hut we also need the U.S. government to say A F G H A N IS T A N loud and clear that human rights for sexual en who have sex with men routinely are minorities in Romania are important.” punished with death in Afghanistan, the Kate Byrnes, State Department Bureau of New York Post reported Sept. 23. European and Eurasian Affairs “Those found guilty of homo spokeswoman, said Sept. 20 sexual acts were crushed by having that Guest would not he grant walls toppled over them ,” accord ing any interviews prior to his ing to the U.S. State Department’s departure for Romania. 1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. “In 1998 at least EG YPT seven such punishm ents were 15-year-old was jailed for reported; five persons died after three years Sept. 18 for having walls toppled on them .” engaging in gay sex. 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