Current Version
| Region | Bahrain |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | Mar 20, 1976 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Bahrain may consider homosexuality as "immoral", although homosexual activity is not explicitly illegal. However there has been documented cases of arrests being made towards homosexual people on virtue of them being homosexuals |
| Sources | http://www.track.unodc.org/LegalLibrary/LegalResources/Bahrain/Laws/Bahrain%20Penal%20Code%201976.pdf http://www.gcchumanrights.org/lgbt.html http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Persecution_of_Homosexuals_(Bahrain) |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "It is misleading to have the status as legal"
Revision History (4)
Revision by Antinousosiris
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal | |
| Value Special | ambiguous |
Revision by vviet93
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal | |
| Value Special | ambiguous | |
| Note | Bahrain may consider homosexuality as "immoral", although homosexual activity is not explicitly illegal. | Bahrain may consider homosexuality as "immoral", although homosexual activity is not explicitly illegal. However there has been documented cases of arrests being made towards homosexual people on virtue of them being homosexuals |
| Sources | http://www.track.unodc.org/LegalLibrary/LegalResources/Bahrain/Laws/Bahrain%20Penal%20Code%201976.pdf http://www.gcchumanrights.org/lgbt.html http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf | http://www.track.unodc.org/LegalLibrary/LegalResources/Bahrain/Laws/Bahrain%20Penal%20Code%201976.pdf http://www.gcchumanrights.org/lgbt.html http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Persecution_of_Homosexuals_(Bahrain) |
Reports (3)
- Sources are invalid or broken
- Other "Not able to access links"
- Status is not correct "it is legal."
Revision by jbmacluckie
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Note | Bahrain may consider homosexuality as "immoral", although homosexual activity is not explicitly illegal. | |
| Sources | http://www.track.unodc.org/LegalLibrary/LegalResources/Bahrain/Laws/Bahrain%20Penal%20Code%201976.pdf http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf | http://www.track.unodc.org/LegalLibrary/LegalResources/Bahrain/Laws/Bahrain%20Penal%20Code%201976.pdf http://www.gcchumanrights.org/lgbt.html http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf |
Revision by jbmacluckie
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Sources | http://www.track.unodc.org/LegalLibrary/LegalResources/Bahrain/Laws/Bahrain%20Penal%20Code%201976.pdf | http://www.track.unodc.org/LegalLibrary/LegalResources/Bahrain/Laws/Bahrain%20Penal%20Code%201976.pdf http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "It is illegal. No law to recognize and regulate same-sex relationships. People caught performing same-sex actions are subject to imprisonment. "