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Contents:

• ISLAMIC POLICE RAID 'GAY WEDDG' NIGERIA'S KANO CY
• GAY WEDDGS AI
• POLICE RAID 'GAY WEDDG' NIGERIA, ARRT 19
• NIGERIA 'GAY WEDDG' BT LEADS TO CHARG
• POLICE NIGERIA HAVE CHARGED 53 MEN FOR CELEBRATG A 'GAY WEDDG'
• THE GAY MARRIAGE THAT BROKE THE NIGERIAN INTER
• 53 ARRTED NIGERIA FOR CELEBRATG GAY WEDDG, POLICE SAY
• NIGERIAN COURT PUTS DOZENS ON TRIAL OVER ALLEGED GAY WEDDG
• 53 CHARGED FOR ATTENDG GAY WEDDG NIGERIA
• HISBAH APPREHENDS 19 HOMOSEXUALS AT GAY WEDDG KANO
• NIGERIAN SHARIA POLICE ARRT 19 OVER ‘GAY WEDDG’
• RELIG AUTHORI IN NIGERIA REPORTEDLY DETA 12 PEOPLE ACCED OF HOLDG A "GAY WEDDG"
• NIGERIAN ISLAMIC OFFICIALS ARRT 12 PEOPLE RAID OF ALLEGED GAY WEDDG CEREMONY
• 'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST

ISLAMIC POLICE RAID 'GAY WEDDG' NIGERIA'S KANO CY

Homosexual acts are illegal unr both legal systems the whole of Nigeria, where those livg the north are maly Mlim and people the south are largely Christian.

Instead, the group - which he said clud gay people and cross-drsers - was unrgog "unsellg", and their parents or guardians had been urged to e forward.

GAY WEDDGS AI

Kano's Islamic urts have never nvicted anyone for beg gay.

Rights groups Nigeria have long mpaigned for gay rights to be rpected, but there is strong opposn to a untry where many Mlims and Christians uphold nservative relig valu. Gay Weddgs Romantic Ai | Out2Ai.

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POLICE RAID 'GAY WEDDG' NIGERIA, ARRT 19

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NIGERIA 'GAY WEDDG' BT LEADS TO CHARG

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POLICE NIGERIA HAVE CHARGED 53 MEN FOR CELEBRATG A 'GAY WEDDG'

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THE GAY MARRIAGE THAT BROKE THE NIGERIAN INTER

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South Ai is the only Ain statn where gay marriage is regnised.

53 ARRTED NIGERIA FOR CELEBRATG GAY WEDDG, POLICE SAY

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NIGERIAN COURT PUTS DOZENS ON TRIAL OVER ALLEGED GAY WEDDG

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53 CHARGED FOR ATTENDG GAY WEDDG NIGERIA

As your very own queer Travel Experts, we know all the s and outs of where to go as a gay traveller Ai and have first-hand experience of everythg we plan for you. We have hand-picked the crème la crème of gay-iendly statns, hotels, and lodg Ai so that your trip will be nothg short of extraordary. The Islamic police have arrted 19 people acced of anizg a gay weddg the cy of Kano, nservative northern Nigeria, a spokman said Tuday (December 20).

This is not the first time the Islamic police have ma arrts, accg youths of anizg a gay weddg.

Homosexualy is punishable by ath unr Islamic law, but no executn has ever been rried out. "Our men broke to the venue where a gay uple was holdg a weddg and arrted 19 men and women, cludg the weddg planner, " he said. Sce then, homosexualy has been punishable by 10 to 14 years prison.

HISBAH APPREHENDS 19 HOMOSEXUALS AT GAY WEDDG KANO

The Islamic police, the "Hisbah" Kano, have the past arrted several people acced of planng gay and lbian marriag, whout any nvictns.

In January 2015, the Hisbah arrted 12 young men at a hotel the suburbs of Kano on spicn of planng a gay weddg. Image source, AFPImage ptn, Much of northern Nigeria is erned by Islamic law, or ShariaProsecutors the northern Nigeria state of Kaduna have charged a group of 53 people wh nspirg to celebrate a gay weddg. Homosexual acts are banned socially nservative Nigeria and are punishable by up to 14 years jail.

Gay rights mpaigners who have been touch wh people volved the se told the BBC's Stephanie Hegarty Lagos the acced were arrted at a birthday party, not a weddg. Media ptn, Ne men on trial for homosexual behavur uld face ath by stong if found guiltyNigeria has an fluential Christian evangelil movement the south and strong support for Islamic law the north, both of which oppose January 2014, the Hisbah, or Islamic police, Bchi state raid several lotns and arrted about a dozen men acced of sodomy acts. Police had to shoot the air to disperse the mob and get the spects back to prison safely, though there they are also ban on homosexualy, brought to effect 2014, is ed by some police officers and members of the public to legimise ab agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people, acrdg to Human Rights Watch (HRW).

NIGERIAN SHARIA POLICE ARRT 19 OVER ‘GAY WEDDG’

"Extortn, mob vlence, arbrary arrt, torture tentn, and physil and sexual vlence" are mon agast people spected of homosexual activi, HRW said a 2016 report.

RELIG AUTHORI IN NIGERIA REPORTEDLY DETA 12 PEOPLE ACCED OF HOLDG A "GAY WEDDG"

A group of 53 people have been charged Nigeria after they were arrted last week om what police say was a party celebratg an unofficial gay weddg.

Homosexualy has been illegal Nigeria sce 2014, and homosexual acts uld rult a maximum jail sentence of 14 years. Sjod said Nigeria’s laws prohibg gay marriage are beg ed as “a way to crack down on anyone advotg for human rights of LGBT people.

NIGERIAN ISLAMIC OFFICIALS ARRT 12 PEOPLE RAID OF ALLEGED GAY WEDDG CEREMONY

At the same time, his phone and my phone started to heat up wh Facebook msag om strangers nmng for beg gay. They were not even aware he was gay. I knew was illegal for him to be gay his untry.

I knew was illegal for his fay to know he was gay and not report him. I grew up here, where lettg someone know you are gay was tough, not illegal.

'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST

Some of David’s reasong n only be unrstood by someone who grew up Nigeria or a siar untry where is illegal to be gay. I believe is bee the prs still wants to vilify gay men and women. We may have thankfully won marriage equaly here on Amerin soil, but until is legally safe for our gay, queer, trans, and genr non-nformg brothers, sisters, and fay to live their liv as they wish to be all rners of the world, the fight mt go on.