The Taliban is expected to implement a stringent interpretation of Sharia law, which means homosexuality would be punishable by death.
reported that a judge from the radical Islamist group vowed to sentence gay men to death by stoning or by being crushed by a nine-foot wall.
Life, he said, has dramatically changed for the worse in the space of a week. "Previously, I could meet face-to-face with a partner without feeling any shame about it," Sayed said. Sadat was an organizer of a nascent LGBTQ rights movement in Afghanistan while working as a political science professor at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. After receiving death threats, including a'It's not hyperbolic to say that gay people will get weeded out'
Faizi told Insider that he doesn't take his freedom for granted. "I'm so happy here. I can do what I want. I'm free," he said. "I hope others can get asylum. I have contacted people in Germany and said they have to help LGBTQ people. They need help," he said. "Nobody accepts them."Pressure is building on countries to accept vulnerable asylum seekers fleeing persecution at the hands of the Taliban.
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