Gay man executed in Iran on “sodomy” charges.
A gay man has been executed in Iran on charges of “sodomy”, one of ten inmates killed in wave of executions across the Islamic republic.
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Nigeria: Sharia court sentences 70-year-old man and two others to death for homosexuality.
A court in Bauchi State, Nigeria, has sentenced three men to death for engaging in homosexual acts, contrary to Sharia law.
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Letter from our Editor: a personal plea
On 28th March OutNews Global published an article about the introduction in the Kingdom of Brunei of death by stoning as the punishment for gay sex. We also published a list of other countries where the death penalty was applied for the same “offence”. This story, which has also been widely […]
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Brunei to introduce death penalty for gay sex
Brunei, the former British colony which gained independence in 1984, has announced that from 3rd April it will impose death by stoning as the penalty for those found guilty of having gay sex. Executions will be “witnessed by a group of Muslims”. Brunei is currently rolling out a new penal code based […]
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US defends vote against banning death penalty for gay people
The Trump/Pence administration is under fire from LGBT rights organisations after the vote The US is one of 13 countries to have voted against a United Nations resolution condemning the death penalty for having “consensual same-sex relations”. Although the vote condemning the death penalty has been passed, America joined Botswana, Burundi, […]
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