Furthermore, three-quarters of those surveyed reported a more open climate for LGBT rights compared to three years ago. In 2019, a survey by The Economist found 45% of respondents in the Asia-Pacific believed that same-sex marriage is inevitable in the region, while 31% of respondents disagreed. In 2016, during an African-led coalition to dislodge the recently established UN expert on LGBT issues, the majority of Asian nations backed to retain the role of the UN LGBT expert, with mostly Muslim nations, with the addition of China and Singapore, declaring their opposition. Other Asian parties did not show support or opposition.
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State parties who expressed opposition were Afghanistan, Brunei, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Malaysia, the Maldives, North Korea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Syria, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. They were later joined by Vietnam and the Philippines. Only Armenia, Georgia, Cyprus, Israel, South Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, Thailand, and East Timor expressed their support. In a 2011 UN General Assembly declaration for LGBT rights, state parties were given a chance to express their support or opposition on the topic. Historical discrimination towards homosexuality in much of the region includes when Genghis Khan banned homosexual acts in the Mongol Empire and made them punishable by death. As of 2021, only Taiwan, the British Overseas Territories of Akrotiri and Dhekelia the British Indian Ocean Territory, and certain cities in Israel have legalized same-sex marriage. Egalitarian relationships modeled on the Western pattern have become more frequent, though they remain rare.
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In addition, LGBT people also face extrajudicial executions from non-state actors such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Chechnya homosexual activity is punished with the death penalty. While at least eight countries have enacted protections for LGBT people, only Israel, Cyprus and Taiwan provide a wider range of LGBT rights – including same-sex relationship recognition. Same-sex sexual activity is outlawed in at least twenty Asian countries. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) rights in Asia are limited in comparison to many other areas of the world.