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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWielding Whip and a Hard New Law, Nigeria Tries to ‘Sanitize’ Itself of Gays
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/world/africa/nigeria-uses-law-and-whip-to-sanitize-gays.html?_r=0![](http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/02/09/world/africa/sub-bull-nigeria/sub-bull-nigeria-master675.jpg)
BAUCHI, Nigeria The young man cried out as he was being whipped on the courtroom bench. The bailiffs leather whip struck him 20 times, and when it was over, the mans side and back were covered with bruises.
Still, the large crowd outside was disappointed, the judge recalled: The penalty for gay sex under local Islamic law is death by stoning.
He is supposed to be killed, the judge, Nuhu Idris Mohammed, said, praising his own leniency on judgment day last month at the Shariah court here. The bailiff demonstrated the technique he used: whip at shoulder level, then forcefully down.
The mood is unforgiving in this north Nigeria metropolis, where nine others accused of being gay by the Islamic police are behind the central prisons high walls. Stones and bottles rained down on them outside the court two weeks ago, residents and officials said; some in the mob even wanted to set the courtroom ablaze, witnesses said.
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Wielding Whip and a Hard New Law, Nigeria Tries to ‘Sanitize’ Itself of Gays (Original Post)
steve2470
Feb 2014
OP
It's so terrible what is happening to people there and awful that the world
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2014
#5
Kick and a hateful recommendation so more people see this despicable story.
riderinthestorm
Feb 2014
#7
cali
(114,904 posts)1. this story is a nightmare and so are the laws against LGBT people in
nation after nation in Africa.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)4. totally agree nt
atreides1
(16,103 posts)2. My, my, my
It appears that some Muslims and Christians have more in common then even they've realized...I wonder when both groups will join together...
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)3. k&r for wider exposure.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)5. It's so terrible what is happening to people there and awful that the world
sits by in virtual silence. The depth of ignorance and bigotry is just depressing. When will some of the world's leaders speak out?
cali
(114,904 posts)6. a kick for those who suffer.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)7. Kick and a hateful recommendation so more people see this despicable story.
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cali
(114,904 posts)8. heartbreaking. sickening. devastating.
Behind the Aegis
(54,044 posts)9. Things are getting worse.
Just a few weeks ago, another trial had to be stopped because a mob had formed outside prepared to lynch the 10 gay men on trial for being gay!