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Lagos, Nigeria

‘Jail the Gays’: Nigeria has criminalized gay marriages and effectively banned organizations that help gay people or fight HIV/AIDS. President Goodluck Jonathan this week signed the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, which critics call the Jail the Gays bill, this month. Under the new law, anyone who visits gay clubs or “directly or indirectly” makes a public show of a same-sex relationship risks 10 years in prison. “This is a law that is in line with the people’s cultural and religious inclination,” said presidential spokesman Reuben Abati. An overwhelming 98 percent of Nigerians polled say homosexuality should not be tolerated. Human rights activists say gays have already been arrested and tortured into giving up the names of other gays.

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