Current Version
| Region | Oman |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Start Date | May 26, 1984 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Oman, LGBTQ issues are censored to the point of imprisonment with several newspeople going to jail for reporting on such as a result of the Publications and Publishing Act of 1984. Article 25 prohibits anything that “disrupts public order or calls people to embrace or promote anything deemed in contravention of the principles of the Islamic religion” while Article 28 prohibits anything that “might prejudice the public code of conduct, moral norms or divine religions”, which both being used against LGBTIQ+ topics. Additionally, transgender women’s gender expression is criminalised by Oman’s Penal Code of 2018, which prohibits crossdressing. However, in practice, this hasn’t been enforced since 2018. |
| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/oman https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/oman/report-oman/ https://oman.om/docs/default-source/default-document-library/the-printing-publishing-law.pdf?sfvrsn=54449c1d_4 https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/oman/ |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Lack of enforcement.
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| Description | In Oman, LGBTQ issues are censored to the point of imprisonment with several newspeople going to jail for reporting on such as a result of the Publications and Publishing Act of 1984. Article 25 prohibits anything that “disrupts public order or calls people to embrace or promote anything deemed in contravention of the principles of the Islamic religion” while Article 28 prohibits anything that “might prejudice the public code of conduct, moral norms or divine religions”, which both being used against LGBTIQ+ topics. Additionally, transgender women’s gender expression is criminalised by Oman’s Penal Code of 2018, which prohibits crossdressing. | In Oman, LGBTQ issues are censored to the point of imprisonment with several newspeople going to jail for reporting on such as a result of the Publications and Publishing Act of 1984. Article 25 prohibits anything that “disrupts public order or calls people to embrace or promote anything deemed in contravention of the principles of the Islamic religion” while Article 28 prohibits anything that “might prejudice the public code of conduct, moral norms or divine religions”, which both being used against LGBTIQ+ topics. Additionally, transgender women’s gender expression is criminalised by Oman’s Penal Code of 2018, which prohibits crossdressing. However, in practice, this hasn’t been enforced since 2018. |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding more information.
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| Start Date | (unknown) | May 26, 1984 |
| Description | Social media, newspapers are illegal in Oman, LGBTQ issues are censored to the point of imprisonment with several news people going to jail for reporting in Oman. | In Oman, LGBTQ issues are censored to the point of imprisonment with several newspeople going to jail for reporting on such as a result of the Publications and Publishing Act of 1984. Article 25 prohibits anything that “disrupts public order or calls people to embrace or promote anything deemed in contravention of the principles of the Islamic religion” while Article 28 prohibits anything that “might prejudice the public code of conduct, moral norms or divine religions”, which both being used against LGBTIQ+ topics. Additionally, transgender women’s gender expression is criminalised by Oman’s Penal Code of 2018, which prohibits crossdressing. |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/oman https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/oman/report-oman/ | https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/oman https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/oman/report-oman/ https://oman.om/docs/default-source/default-document-library/the-printing-publishing-law.pdf?sfvrsn=54449c1d_4 https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/oman/ |
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| Status | Imprisonment as punishment |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Social media, newspapers are illegal in Oman, LGBTQ issues are censored to the point of imprisonment with several news people going to jail for reporting in Oman. |
| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/oman https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/oman/report-oman/ |