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   From: gay.paedophiles@splc.org   
      
   Seven gay men appeared in a Nigerian court on Wednesday, January   
   22, on charges of being involved in same-sex relationships.   
      
   The case drew thousands of protesters to the court, who threw   
   stones at the men as they were being transported back to prison   
   after the trial, as security forces fired into the air to   
   disperse the angry crowd.   
      
   The men were arrested by the Bauchi State Sharia Commission for   
   allegedly engaging in homosexual activities, acts that   
   contravene the Islamic laws which the state had been operating   
   under since 2001.   
      
   The men were named as Shehu Adamu, Yusuf Adamu, Aliyu Dalhatu,   
   Abdulmalik Tanko, Usman Sabo and Hazif Sabo Abubakar and Ibrahim   
   Marafa.   
      
   It was the first case since President Goodluck Jonathan signed a   
   bill that criminalises same-sex relationships, defying Western   
   pressure over gay rights and provoking criticism from the United   
   States.   
      
   The bill, which contains penalties of up to 14 years in prison   
   and bans gay marriage, same-sex “amorous relationships” and   
   membership of gay rights groups, was passed by the National   
   Assembly last May but Jonathan had delayed signing it into law   
   until early January.   
      
   At Thursday’s trial, the prosecuting lawyer said the case was a   
   direct result of the recently-passed law.   
      
   “This is further to the law against homosexuals which was signed   
   by the President. It has to be implemented. People caught   
   breaking this law must be prosecuted accordingly,” said Danlami   
   Ayuba.   
      
   The trial was adjourned to January 27.   
      
   As in much of sub-Saharan Africa, anti-gay sentiment and   
   persecution of homosexuals is rife in Nigeria, so the new   
   legislation is likely to be popular.   
      
   While European countries, most recently France, have moved to   
   offer same-sex couples the same legal rights enjoyed by   
   heterosexuals, many African countries are seeking to tighten   
   laws against homosexuality.   
      
   Britain and some other Western countries have threatened to cut   
   aid to governments that pass laws persecuting homosexuals, a   
   threat that has helped hold back or scupper such legislation in   
   aid-dependent nations like Uganda and Malawi.   
      
   But they have little leverage over Nigeria, whose budget is   
   funded by its 2-million-barrel-per-day oil output.   
      
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