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Balanced News: Tunisian activists demonstrate against homophobia

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In Tunisia, human rights activists protested on Monday outside an appeals court in Kairouan, a city in the centre of the country, as a man known only as “Daniel” appeared before judges on the first day of an appeal hearing. “Today, in front of the Court of Appeal of Kairouan, in a demonstration to support “Daniel”, the only person remaining in the case of Kairouan since 2015, who returned from the Appeals Court, we are waiting for a decision that will bring justice to the victims, most of them have left the country because of abuse and homophobia”, said Seif Ayedi, activist with Damj rights group. “Daniel”, along with five other men, was originally charged in 2015 with “homosexual acts”, which is punishable by up to three years in prison in Tunisia.

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