4 accused gays whipped in Nigerian court

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Source: Fox NY

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Four young men were convicted of gay sex and whipped publicly as punishment Thursday in an Islamic court in northern Nigeria, a human rights activist said.

The four were among dozens caught in a wave of arrests after Nigeria strengthened its criminal penalties for homosexuality with the new Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act in January.

The men could face further violence in prison if human rights organizations do not come up with an additional fine of 20,000 naira ($120) each meted out Thursday by a judge in Bauchi city, Dorothy Aken'Ova, convenor of the Coalition for the Defense of Sexual Rights Network, told The Associated Press. The four were sentenced to 15 strokes plus a year's imprisonment if they cannot pay their fines.




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What in the hell is going on in the world?? What year is this?

[FiveGoodMen]

1. There is a horrifying, worldwide cult behind all of this.

Actually, it has broken down into separate factions...Christian, Muslim, etc.

[OKNancy]

2. this makes me feel so sad,

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also my stomach turned reading it.
What in the world can we do? I fear it's nothing.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Our leadership has already assured them money and military aid will flow

no matter what they do to LGBT people, Kerry and Obama are 'concerned about the complications' but new military assistance to Nigeria is in the works, they have some religious folks killing other religious folks when they should join to kill gay folks, so the US is giving them a hand.

[warrant46]

7. Its all about Oil for the job creating 1%

Nigeria = Africa's Saudi Arabia

[theHandpuppet]

8. Yep!

Notice the difference in our govt's outrage at oil-poor Uganda compared with that for Nigeria and Cameroon (or Saudi Arabia, for that matter), who have equally despicable anti-gay laws but also oil for export. The hypocrisy is disgusting.

[warrant46]

9. +1000

[Seedersandleechers]

3. Where can we donate

the money to free these men? They should get sanctuary somewhere more civilized.

[shenmue]

4. I can't stand it

This is evil.

[azurnoir]

6. Horrible and indeed what is going on ?;(

[blkmusclmachine]

10. DC is absolutely implicit on extreme anti-gay hate and Genocide in Africa. DC is too busy "lookin'

forward" for the 1% that owns DC...