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76 Countries Where Anti-Gay Laws Are As Bad As Or Worse Than Russia's

As President Obama said recently, "What's happening in Russia is not unique."

It is illegal to be gay in 76 countries. Punishments range from fines to short and lifelong prison sentences, hard labor, forced psychiatric treatment, banishment, whippings, and death by public stoning. The upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi have put Russia's "gay propaganda" law and the international community on an unavoidable collision course, but whatever happens in February is only the beginning of a broader (and much more complicated) conversation about the status of LGBT rights around the world.

In May 2013, the International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) released a 110-page study on the status of the international LGBT community with country-by-country profiles of relevant laws. The report is updated annually and was used throughout this post along with other sources when possible.

1. Afghanistan — Imprisonment.

2. Algeria — Fines and a jail sentence of up to three years.

3. Angola — Fine and jail. Forced labor camp for habitual offenders.

4. Antigua and Barbuda — Up to 15 years in prison.

5. Bangladesh — Fine and up to 10 years in prison.

6. Barbados — Up to life in prison.

7. Belize — 10 years in prison.

8. Bhutan — Between one month and one year in jail.

9. Brunei — Fine and imprisonment of up to 10 years.

10. Botswana — A jail sentence of up to five years.

11. Burundi — Fine and up to two years in jail.

12. Cameroon — Fine and up to five years in jail.

13. Comoros — Fine and a jail sentence of up to five years.

14. Dominica — Up to 25 years in prison and a possible psychiatric treatment.

15. Egypt — Not technically illegal to be gay, but...

16. Eritrea — A jail sentence of up to three years.

17. Ethiopia — A year in prison or "in grave cases, rigorous imprisonment" of up to 10 years.

18. Gambia — Up to 14 years in prison.

19. Ghana — A prison term between five and 25 years.

20. Grenada — Up to 10 years in prison.

21. Guinea — Fine and a jail sentence of between six months and three years.

22. Guyana — Two years to life in prison.

23. Jamaica — Up to 10 years in prison.

24. Iran — Death penalty.

25. Kenya — Between 14 and 21 years in prison.

26. Kirbati — Up to 14 years in prison.

27. Kuwait — Up to seven years in jail.

28. Lebanon — Up to one year in prison.

29. Liberia — Up to one year in jail.

30. Libya — Up to five years of jail time.

31. Malawi — Up to 14 years in prison and possible corporal punishment.

32. Malaysia — Up to 20 years in prison and possibly whipping.

33. Maldives — House arrest for women; banishment or whippings for men.

34. Mauritania — Death penalty by public stoning.

35. Mauritius — Up to five years in jail for men; same-sex relations between women are legal.

36. Morocco — Fine and between six month and three years in jail.

37. Mozambique — Probation or six month to three years of forced labor in an agricultural colony.

38. Myanmar — Fine and up to 10 years in prison.

39. Namibia — Undetermined prison sentence.

40. Nauru — Hard labor up to 14 years.

41. Nigeria — Death penalty for men and whipping and/or imprisonment for women in 12 northern Nigerian states. Up to 14 years in jail in the rest of the country.

42. Oman — Imprisonment from six months to three years.

43. Pakistan — Between two and 10 years in prison.

44. Palau — Up to 10 years in prison.

45. Papua New Guinea — Up to 14 years in prison.

46. Qatar — Up to seven years in prison (and for Muslims, corporal punishment or death).

47. Samoa — Up to seven years in prison.

48. São Tomé and Príncipe — Hard labor.

49. Saudi Arabia — Banishment, whipping, and death by public stoning.

50. Senegal — Fine and between one and five years of imprisonment.

51. Seychelles — Up to 14 years in prison.

52. Sierra Leone — Life in prison.

53. Singapore — Up to two years in jail; same-sex relations between women are legal.

54. Solomon Islands — Up to 14 years in prison.

55. Somalia — Possible death penalty by stoning in southern parts of the country; elsewhere, a jail sentence of up to three years.

56. South Sudan — Fine and up to 10 years in jail.

57. Sri Lanka — Fine and up to 10 years in prison.

58. St. Kitts and Nevis — Up to 10 years in prison, possibly with hard labor.

59. St. Lucia — Up to 10 years in prison.

60. St. Vincent and the Grenadines — Up to 10 years in prison.

61. Sudan — Five years in prison, life imprisonment, flogging, and/or death penalty.

62. Swaziland — Fine and a jail sentence of up to two years.

63. Syria — Up to three years in prison.

64. Tanzania — A minimum prison sentence of 20 years; possible life sentence.

65. Togo — Fine and one to three years in jail.

66. Tonga — Up to 10 years in prison and "whipping for certain offenses."

67. Trinidad and Tobago — Up to 25 years in prison.

68. Tunisia — Up to three years in prison; same-sex activity between women is legal.

69. Tuvalu — Up to 14 years in prison.

70. Turkmenistan — Up to five years in jail for men but not women.

71. Uganda — 14 years to life in prison.

72. United Arab Emirates — Various punishments, possibly a death sentence.

73. Uzbekistan — Up to three years in prison for men.

74. Yemen — Imprisonment up to seven years, whipping with 100 lashes, or death by stoning, depending on gender and circumstances.

75. Zambia — 15 years to life in prison.

76. Zimbabwe — Fine and up to 10 years in prison for men; same-sex activity between women is legal.