Gay group in hargeisa, somaliland

Shamsa and Isfahan are a lesbian couple from Hargeisa, Somaliland, who had lived together in Rome, and are back in Hargeisa living in a seven bedroom house with four other lesbian couples. Kennedy Human Rights today honored two Cameroonian human rights defenders — Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe and Felix Agbor Nkongho Balla — and presented them with its 39th annual Human Rights Award at a ceremony in the U. Learn More.

40 people who are arrested for homosexuality comes from all kinds of different positions such as politicians, civil servants and most of them are Somali diaspora who come from the US, UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, sources told Somali Times. For years Mohamed's family tried to make him more like other boys - tougher, more "masculine". They even sent him to have a female spirit driven out with hallucinogenic drugs. Eventually, writes Layla Mahmood, they decided to kill him.

There are gays in every human settlement above a certain size. It's just statistics. I have seen gays in Mogadishu, Kismaayo (where there was even a gay brothel!), and yes, Hargaysa. However, organizing to create a "gay scene" is highly unadvisable, for safety reasons. Though it probably exists. Richard Ammon. Introduction: Researching cultural matters on the Internet that pertain to Somalia and Somaliland is often confusing because both 'territories' are very similar and derive from the Somali tradition. Reading the following stories and reports it's not always clear which territory is being referred to so it is easier for outsiders to consider the whole of the land as Somalia.

Institutions designed to reform children, teenagers and young adults who are judged to have strayed from Somali values are scattered throughout Hargeisa, and the rest of Somaliland and. For year-old Mohamed, a visit to his boyfriend was a dangerous act that risked landing them both in prison and might get them killed. From the African Human Rights Media Network. Mohamed and Ahmed lived in Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared state of Somaliland, which broke away from Somalia nearly 30 years ago.

Shamsa and Isfahan are a lesbian couple from Hargeisa, Somaliland, who had lived together in Rome, and are back in Hargeisa living in a seven bedroom house with four other lesbian couples. .