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outed by a guest on the talk show Superpop,
GayNewsWatch.com reported Nov. 23.
Judge Carlos Dias Motta ruled that the remark
invaded Goncalves’ privacy.
“Programs that are notoriously sensationalist
should at a minimum make sure to respect the dig
nity of individuals because freedom of expression,
achieved ar a high price, cannot justify violating
privacy, which is also a principle of the federal
constitution,” Motta said.
Croatia’s small Croatian Bell party has put for
ward the nation’s first openly gay political candidate.
Vinko Kalinic wants to represent the northern
region of Zagorje in Parliament. According to
Javno.com, he is a reporter, songwriter, fisherman
and former intelligence officer and seminarian.
“I came out of the closet exclusively as rebellion
and (in] solidarity with those who were discriminât- '
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ed against and humiliated, and I state that with
Man Hanged in Iran for Anal Rape'
pride everywhere 1 go," he told Javno. “My goal in
politics is to, by coming out of the closet, have the
A 21-year-old man was hanged in Iran’s
sexual orientation of people become a completely
Kermanshah Central Prison on “anal rape” (ighah)
charges Dec. 5 despite a November order from the
irrelevant issue."
nation’s chief justice, Ayatollah Syed Mahmoud
AMERICAS
Hashemi Shahroudi, that stayed the execution and
Uruguay Passes Civil Union Law
sent the case for a retrial.
Uruguay’s House of Representatives passed a civ- !
Shahroudi had determined that Makvan
il union law for gay and straight couples Nov. 29.
Moukxxlzadeh’s sentence violated Islamic teaching,
The measure had passed the Senate in
decrees of senior Shiite clerics and Iranian law, after
September. It is expected to become law before
MoukxxJzadeh’s lawyer argued that there was no
year’s end.
evidence of the alleged crimes and that several
Uruguay will be the first Latin American coun elements of rhe case violated proper procedure.
try to grant same-sex couples access to civil unions
Shahroudi’s retrial order, however, required
on the national level. Couples must live together
review and assent from the Special Supervision
for five years before they can take advantage of the
Bureau of the Iranian Justice Department.
law. Spousal rights will be granted in areas such as
According to the International Gay and Lesbian
health care, pensions, parenting and inheritance.
Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), the
Other Latin American localities with civil
bureau declined to assent, upheld the sentence and
union laws include the city of Buenos Aires, rhe
ordered the execution to be carried out.
Argentine province of Rio Negro, the Brazilian
Mouloodzadeh was convicted in June of com
state of Rio Grande do Sul, Mexico City and the
mitting sodomitic rape when he was 13 years old
Mexican state of Coahuila, which borders Texas.
despite the fact that, at his trial, his three accusers
recanted their accusations, saying they had lied
Brazilian TV Network
under duress. Mouloodzadeh likewise said his con
to Pay $42M for Outing Model
fession to the crimes had been coerced.
A Sao Paulo court has ordered the Brazilian
“This is a shameful and outrageous travesty of
network Rede TV to pay $42.7 million to model
justice,” IGLHRC executive director Paula
Carlos Alberto Cunha Goncalves after he was
Ettelbrick said after rhe hanging. “How many more
young Iranians have to die before the internation
al community takes action?”
Meanwhile, in an e-mail circulated the day
before the execution, Scott Long, director of
Human Rights Watch’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Rights Program, suggested that press
releases and news articles reporting on Shahroudi’s
preliminary stay of MoukxxJzadeh’s death sentence
could, in fact, speed up the execution.
Although Ling’s e-mail did not name IGLHRC,
it seemingly referred, in part, to a Nov. 14 press
release titled, “Execution in Iran Halted: IGLHRC
Cites Global Protest as Central.” The press release