Gay activists in
Taipei protested outside a Nicaraguan embassy in their
city as part of an international campaign against the Latin
American country's sodomy law.
The campaign,
helmed by Amnesty International Mexico, calls on groups
around the world to fight homophobia.
Emily Wu, an
Amnesty International Taiwan member, said in the Taipei
Times that Nicaragua is the only Latin American
country with a law that prohibits sex between people of the
same sex. "That is not only a violation of the
Nicaraguan constitution, but also of international
human rights."
The nation
enacted a sodomy law in 1992, stating that "anyone who
induces, promotes, propagandizes, or practices sexual
intercourse between persons of the same sex commits
the crime of sodomy and shall incur one to three
years' imprisonment." (The Advocate)