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Pride month: Kuwait criticises US embassy over pro-LGBT tweets

May 25,2022 3:10 pm

Kuwait has summoned a top US diplomat in protest over tweets from The American embassy supporting LGBT rights, its foreign ministry says.

US officials there had posted a rainbow flag and message of solidarity from President Joe Biden for Pride month.

But Kuwait officials criticised The Embassy for " supporting homosexuality" and demanded it didn't happen again.

Rights for LGBT people are severely restricted in Kuwait and it is illegal there for men to be gay.

In a pair of tweets published in English and Arabic on Thursday, the US Embassy in Kuwait quoted President Biden as saying everyone " should be able To Live without fear no matter who they are or whom they Love ".

The Post , published to mark The Beginning of Pride Month, appeared with a picture of a rainbow flag symbolising LGBT rights.

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Hours later, Kuwait 's Foreign Ministry said it rejected what had been published and had summoned the US Charges d'Affaires James Holtsnider to hand him a memorandum condemning the posts.

According to its statement, The Foreign Ministry ordered The Embassy to respect Kuwaiti laws and " not to publish such tweets".

Kuwaiti officials accused The Embassy 's of violating international conventions requiring diplomats to " respect the laws and regulations of the receiving state".

Many conservative Kuwaiti Twitter users responded with similar outrage to the US embassy's Pride post, who wrote: " The behaviour of The American embassy is unacceptable. "

" Foreign embassies must respect the Public Order of Kuwait and its official religion, " he added.

Another Kuwaiti Social Media user of " imposing a diseased and decadent culture on our conservative Muslim society".

Rights for LGBT people are extremely limited in socially conservative Kuwait - One of where being gay is criminalised.

According to The Gulf state's penal code, men who have same-sex relations can be punished by up to seven years in prison.

Until this year, it was a criminal offence in Kuwait to be a trans person. A court has now.

The US State Department is yet to respond from an emailed request from The Bbc for comment.



Source of news: bbc.com

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