16/01/2014
Man lashed 20 times for sodomy in Nigerian court
A young man convicted of sodomy has been whipped 20 times in a northern Nigerian Shariah court. Though Mubarak Ibrahim was found guilty under Shariah law, it is the first conviction of a gay man in Nigeria since President Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill that further criminalises homosexuality under the West African nation's Western-style penal code. Activists believe the new law has whipped up...
