Reports on the persecution of queer and homosexual people in Afghanistan
Original: Berichte zur Verfolgung von queeren und homosexuellen Personen in Afghanistan
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15 August 2025 · Schriftliche Frage/Schriftliche Antwort
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Original text of the question(s):<br /> <br /> To what extent, to the Federal Government's knowledge, are reports by Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on the situation in Afghanistan (www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/a-hrc59-25-annex-1-en.pdf, www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ahrc5880-report-special-rapporteur-situation-human-rights-afghanistan), true that queer people in Afghanistan are persecuted by the state and non-state persecution threatens torture, prison and a massive danger to life and limb, and to what extent, according to the Federal Government's knowledge, is Amnesty International's statement for the year 2024 correct that "consensual same-sex sexual relationships remained [banned] [...] and [...] were punished with the death penalty." (www.amnesty.de/informieren/amnesty-report/afghanistan-2024)?
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15 August 2025
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Reports on the persecution of queer and homosexual people in Afghanistan
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- Official source: https://dip.bundestag.de/vorgang/berichte-zur-verfolgung-von-queeren-und-homosexuellen-personen-in-afghanistan/325095
- Open data entity: https://search.dip.bundestag.de/api/v1/vorgang/325095
- germany · 325095 · source updated 8 September 2026