4 accused gays whipped in Nigerian court

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?

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4 accused gays whipped in Nigerian court (Original post)	7962	Mar 2014	OP
There is a horrifying, worldwide cult behind all of this.	FiveGoodMen	Mar 2014	#1
this makes me feel so sad,	OKNancy	Mar 2014	#2
Our leadership has already assured them money and military aid will flow	Bluenorthwest	Mar 2014	#5
Its all about Oil for the job creating 1%	warrant46	Mar 2014	#7
Yep!	theHandpuppet	Mar 2014	#8
+1000	warrant46	Mar 2014	#9
Where can we donate	Seedersandleechers	Mar 2014	#3
I can't stand it	shenmue	Mar 2014	#4
Horrible and indeed what is going on ?;(	azurnoir	Mar 2014	#6
DC is absolutely implicit on extreme anti-gay hate and Genocide in Africa. DC is too busy "lookin'	blkmusclmachine	Mar 2014	#10

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Thu Mar 6, 2014, 05:42 PM

FiveGoodMen (20,018 posts)

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

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

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Thu Mar 6, 2014, 05:42 PM

OKNancy (41,832 posts)

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.

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Thu Mar 6, 2014, 05:58 PM

Bluenorthwest (45,319 posts)

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.

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Thu Mar 6, 2014, 06:44 PM

warrant46 (2,205 posts)

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

Nigeria = Africa's Saudi Arabia

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Thu Mar 6, 2014, 06:50 PM

theHandpuppet (19,964 posts)

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.

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Thu Mar 6, 2014, 06:57 PM

warrant46 (2,205 posts)