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Syrian refugee Subhi Nahas has told the United Nations Security Council about brutal attacks on homosexuals under the IS regime

Malaysia's highest court rejected an appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim against a 2014 sodomy conviction and upheld a five-year prison term that will likely end a political career marked by controversy.

Many gay men and women also hide their sexual orientation “fearing rejection, discrimination and violence,” said the popular American weekly news magazine

The ruling has increased vulnerability of gender and sexual minorities to violence, stigma and discrimination.