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Francois Zankih was exposed to torture and death threats when he lived in Syria , but says that the country’s new rulers have shown signs of change A gay Syria n man who was brutally tortured by the group that toppled Bashar al-Assad has said he and many other LGBTQ+ Syria ns are still celebrating regime change in Syria – despite their fears over what the future may bring.
According to the Human Dignity Trust, information on prosecutions of LGBTQ+ people in Syria is hard to come by, but there is evidence of the law being enforced in recent years. Arrests against LGBTQ+ people, on the basis they are violating ‘public decency’, usually take place without warrants and detainees face verbal, physical and sexual violence. There are also reports that Syrian security services use fake accounts on Grindr to prosecute LGBTQ+ people.
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