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Emergency fund launched to help Afghanistan’s LGBTQ+ community

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Sexual and gender minorities face grave danger now that the Taliban have control of Afghanistan, as the group typically imposes death sentences in the form of “wall-toppling”, stoning and shooting.

It is expected that the Taliban will implement their strict interpretation of Sharia law, with one court judge already vowing to sentence gay men to death by stoning or being crushed by a wall.

The UK government has been urged to do more to help the country’s LGBTQ+ residents, with Stonewall and Rainbow Migration requesting an “urgent meeting” with Dominic Raab over the situation in an open letter earlier this week.

In a further bid to help LGBTQ+ Afghans, GiveOut has started an emergency fund to support Rainbow Railroad in their important work

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