LGBT Rights
Homosexuality was decriminalized after the case of Modinos v. Cyprus, but the Cyprus military still bars homosexuals from serving on the grounds that homosexuality is a mental illness; gay sexual conduct remains a crime under military law; the term is 6 months in a military jail although this is rarely, if ever, enforced.
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