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   From: rectum-lickers@glaad.org   
      
   More than 40 men have been arrested in Nigeria over the weekend   
   for performing homosexual acts, police say.   
      
   They are due to appear in court later.   
      
   Nigerian newspaper Punch reports that the police raided a hotel   
   in Lagos State on Saturday afternoon and says the hotel was   
   cordoned off while the investigation was carried out.   
      
   Homosexual acts are punishable by up to 14 years in jail in   
   Nigeria, while gay marriage and displays of same-sex affection   
   are also banned.   
      
   Africa Live: More on this and other stories   
      
   The event that was raided was to raise awareness about HIV   
   testing in the gay community in Lagos, activist for gay rights   
   in Nigeria Bisi Alimi told the BBC.   
      
   Living in fear   
      
   Chris Ewokor, BBC Africa, Abuja   
      
   Nigeria has an influential Christian evangelical movement in the   
   south and strong support for Islamic law in the north, both of   
   which oppose homosexuality.   
      
   Since Nigeria passed a law criminalising same sex marriage and   
   gay organisations in 2013, law enforcement agents have cracked   
   down on people suspected of homosexuality. However, arrests are   
   infrequent as homosexual people live in hiding.   
      
   Gay people live in fear and cannot openly express their sexual   
   orientation. They are not protected by any law so they face   
   discrimination.   
      
   Northern states under Sharia - Islamic religious law - have the   
   death penalty for people convicted of same-sex offences which in   
   other states carry a 14-year jail term.   
      
   This is not the first arrest for engaging in acts of   
   homosexuality but so far prosecutions have never ended in prison.   
      
   Grey line   
   Same-sex relations are explicitly banned in 72 countries,   
   according to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and   
   Intersex Association (ILGA).   
      
   http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-40774930   
        
      
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