Showing posts with label Mass Arrest Northern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mass Arrest Northern. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Mass Arrest in Northern Nigeria as GEJ signs Anti-gay Bill.



According to this report, they have started arresting people suspected to be gays in the Northern part of the country. Here's an article I found on UK Guardian. Read below

 Dozens of gay men are reported to have been arrested across northern Nigeria as police begin to enforce punitive new laws that criminalize same-sex marriages and membership of gay rights organizations.

Dorothy Aken'Ova, executive director of the country's International Centre for Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights, said that the legislation, hailed the "Jail the Gays" law, had led to mass arrests. Police in Bauchi state, she claimed, had a list of 168 purportedly gay men, of whom 38 had been arrested.

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