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| Region | Afghanistan |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | Feb 14, 2018 |
| End Date | Aug 14, 2021 |
| Description | In 2018, Afghanistan adopted a new penal code. Articles 645, 646, 649, and 650 criminalize: same-sex intimacy between women (punishable by up to one year in prison); sodomy (punishable by up to two years in prison); same-sex intimacy between men, even without penetration (punishable by three months to one year in prison); and facilitating sodomy by introducing individuals to each other and providing a place for it to occur (punishable by imprisonment as well). |
| Sources | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/afghanistan/ https://www.clearygottlieb.com/-/media/files/irap/coi-reports/lgbtq-pdf.pdf |
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edited by Unknownmiles. Removing extra link
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| Sources | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/afghanistan/ https://www.clearygottlieb.com/-/media/files/irap/coi-reports/lgbtq-pdf.pdf https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/afghanistan/ | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/afghanistan/ https://www.clearygottlieb.com/-/media/files/irap/coi-reports/lgbtq-pdf.pdf |
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created by Unknownmiles
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | Feb 14, 2018 |
| End Date | Aug 14, 2021 |
| Description | In 2018, Afghanistan adopted a new penal code. Articles 645, 646, 649, and 650 criminalize: same-sex intimacy between women (punishable by up to one year in prison); sodomy (punishable by up to two years in prison); same-sex intimacy between men, even without penetration (punishable by three months to one year in prison); and facilitating sodomy by introducing individuals to each other and providing a place for it to occur (punishable by imprisonment as well). |
| Sources | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/afghanistan/ https://www.clearygottlieb.com/-/media/files/irap/coi-reports/lgbtq-pdf.pdf https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/afghanistan/ |