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

GAY WEDDGS AI

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. But did you ever nsir that a gay weddg might be possible Ai? Most Ain untri are a no-go for weddgs (but there are still many that accept gay travellers.

) However, at the tip of Ai, one of Ai's most gay-iendly statns (nay, the world) awas you South Ai was the very first untry to crimalise discrimatn based on sexual orientatn.

POLICE RAID 'GAY WEDDG' NIGERIA, ARRT 19

It was also the fifth untry the world to legalise gay marriage!

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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53 ARRTED NIGERIA FOR CELEBRATG GAY WEDDG, POLICE SAY

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NIGERIAN COURT PUTS DOZENS ON TRIAL OVER ALLEGED GAY WEDDG

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.

53 CHARGED FOR ATTENDG GAY WEDDG NIGERIA

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).

HISBAH APPREHENDS 19 HOMOSEXUALS AT GAY WEDDG KANO

"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. 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. 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.

NIGERIAN SHARIA POLICE ARRT 19 OVER ‘GAY WEDDG’

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. 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.

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

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. Nigerian police say they have arrted 53 young men who celebrated a gay weddg and charged them wh "belongg to a gang of unlawful society.

"Prosecutg officer Mannir Nasir told a urt on Wednday that the young men were arrted Saturday the northern cy of Zaria while attendg a party anized for two men who got married last Nigerian law bans gay marriage, some upl nduct rmal gay and lbian anizatns monstrate outsi the Nigerian High Commissn Nairobi on Febary 7, Maa / AFP/Getty ImagMaria Sjod, puty executive director of LGBTQ advocy group OutRight Actn Internatnal, said she believ the gay weddg story is jt an "exce" and part of the police's attempt to "crackdown on an emergg LGBTQ movement" Nigeria.

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

ZARIA, Nigeria — Fifty four people went on trial northern Nigeria on Monday on charg nnected to allegatns that they were celebratg a gay weddg, which are outlawed the urt began hearg the se agast the fendants -- most of whom were not prent urt -- who have been charged wh crimal nspiracy and holdg an illegal gatherg.

Demonstratns outsi the Nigerian High Commissn Nairobi on Febary 7, 2014 after Nigerian Print Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill to law agast gay marriage and civil Maa / AFP/Getty ImagFormer Nigerian Print Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill 2014 that crimalized same-sex relatnships, spe prsure om Wtern ernments to prerve the rights of gay and lbian bill ntas penalti of up to 14 years prison and bans gay marriage, same-sex "amoro relatnships" and membership of gay rights groups. "Police got wd of , arrted them and ma tmped up charg that they are tryg to celebrate a gay marriage, " he told the urt Zaria, a cy the northern state of man appeared urt wh three other people. The thori Nigeria have arrted and charged 53 people for attendg and participatg a gay weddg.

Homosexualy and other same-sex relatns are largely owned upon Ai, and is a crimal offense Nigeria.

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

He add that officers moved to arrt the group after a tip-off dited that a gay marriage was takg place between Fak and Sani at a motel Zaria. The law also stipulat that “any person who registers, operat, or participat gay clubs, societi, and anisatns or directly or directly mak public show of same-sex amoro relatnship Nigeria ms an offence and shall each be liable on nvictn to a term of 10 years prison.

They say bis the lengthy prison sentenc gay persons face for their sexual orientatns, there is also the more sid risk of a public lynchg by irate mobs on anyone spected of havg same-sex sympathi while the thori stand asi and watch. Kano state Hisbah Board on Monday apprehend 19 homosexuals at a popular event center for allegedly engagg same-sex marriage. Sheikh Ibn-Sa nfirmed that the spects cludg 15 femal and 4 mal were apprehend by the men of the board a few mut before the alleged gay weddg menced.