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Meanwhile, in Nigeria ...


In some countries being a young lesbian might get you ostracized. But in Nigeria it can get you caned.

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 several news reports, a disciplinary committee in the Niger Delta The Niger Delta, the delta of the Niger River in Nigeria, is a densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a major producer of palm oil.  on October 13 ordered six teenage girls ranging in age from 12 to 17 to receive 90 strokes of the cane each for the "shameful and abominable act" of lesbianism lesbianism: see homosexuality.
lesbianism
 also called sapphism or female homosexuality,

the quality or state of intense emotional and usually erotic attraction of a woman to another woman.
. "It is particularly appalling that girls of such a young age have been sentenced to such a severe and cruel punishment," said British gay rights leader Peter Tatchell Peter Gary Tatchell (born 25 January 1952) is an Australian-British human rights activist, who is best known internationally for his attempts to perform a citizen's arrest of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in 1999 and 2001, on charges of torture and other human rights abuses.  in a letter to the Nigerian high commissioner in London.

In another Nigerian case, Usman Sani, 18, and Yusuf Kabir, 40, face death by stoning on charges that they had illegal gay sex in a public toilet in June.
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Title Annotation:SODOMY LAWS
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:6NIGR
Date:Dec 6, 2005
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