(French Human Rights Minister, Yama Rade)

France’s minister for human rights has stated that The French government will ask the United Nations to pressure countries to abolish bans on homosexuality. Homosexuality is a crime in 86 countries, punishable by imprisonment. In 7 countries, a person can be killed for engaging in gay or lesbian sexual acts.

French Human Rights Minister, Rama Yade, told a meeting of French LGBT rights groups that his government would make its appeal to the UN when France assumes the rotating six-month EU presidency in July. During that period France will speak for all EU member states at the UN General Assembly. 

Source: 365Gay.com