A Tunisian court has sentenced two men to two years in prison for ‘sodomy’. Police arrested the men, both aged 26, on suspicion of having gay sex on 3 June and the court passed sentence on 16 June.
However, details of the case have only now come to light. Police also asked the men to undergo an ‘anal probe test’. This is despite the fact the UN has told Tunisia to stop using the scientifically useless and degrading tests, which are a form of torture.
Rasha Younes, LGBT+ rights researcher at Human Rights Watch, said: ‘Tunisia’s record of actively prosecuting people for consensual same-sex conduct is deeply worrying and a blatant invasion of their private life. ‘While states and international bodies have commended Tunisia for its progress on