South Korea: Ruling on LGBTI soldiers a distressing setback for human rights

By Amnesty International

Responding to the Constitutional Court of Korea’s decision to uphold for the fourth time Article 92-6 of the 61-year-old Military Criminal Act, which criminalizes consensual same-sex sexual acts in the military constitution, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher Boram Jang said: “This continued endorsement for the criminalization of consensual same-sex acts within the Korean military is […] The post South Korea: Ruling on LGBTI soldiers a distressing setback for human rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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