Posted on 02/15/2014 1:03:16 PM PST by Morgana
DAKAR, Senegal — A mob attacked gay people in a neighborhood in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, dragging young men from their homes, beating them with nail-studded clubs and whips, and shouting that they were “cleansing the community” of gays, several Nigerian activists and a witness said Saturday.
The attack took place late Wednesday night in the Gishiri neighborhood, and one victim was beaten nearly to death, the witness said. Afterward, the mob of about 50 young men dragged four of the victims to a nearby police station, where the police further beat and insulted them, said the witness, who gave his name as John. His last name is being withheld for his safety.
The attack came in the wake of a new law signed by President Goodluck Jonathan prescribing prison sentences of up to 14 years for gay people. There have been recent episodes of similar mob violence in the Muslim-dominated north of Nigeria.
In Abuja, the witness and the activists said, some in the mob were shouting, “We are working for Jonathan!”
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Where is the outrage by the liberal press comparable to Russia’s very limited anti homosexual propaganda law?
Weird. I searched for Mark J. Newton and NYTimes but wasn’t able to find them reporting on him.
Since he and his boyfriend are the basis for the new child protection laws in Russia, I thought for sure they would have reported what he did.
If the Olympics were in Africa and they showed pics of bad hotels, people would scream racism.
Beatdowns occur every week in America (knockout game or just random hate crimes on white people) and the NYet Times cannot be bothered to report on it. “Local crime stories” they say.
Pink Journalists are killing the newsworthiness of the media.
This is the media set up for allowing African homosexuals to come in droves to the USA as refugees. We don’t have enough AIDS carriers and sexual devients.
Cry me up a storm.
Imperialism in Africa was only bad when it was Europeans doing it.
Foreign funded Communist imperialism and Islamic Imperialism do not get criticized by the Left.
In the liberal hierarchy or victimhood, black trumps gay.
You are correct. Canada welcomes thousands of AIDS-afflicted homosexuals every month. “Human rights.”
How about President Goodluck Jonathan’s mob vs. a Chicago Knockout Game mob in a Steel Cage Death Match streaming live on the internet! Popcorn please!
And Muslim trumps black.
Its okay. Its only a mob of Muslims.
This probably has nothing to do with the new law. Abuja is under Sharia and under that judicial system homosexuality was already against the law and subject to severe penalties. It is majority Muslim. Mob violence against suspected homosexuals was happening before the law passed.
Let’s hope that nail-studded stick doesn’t catch on in America. Cheap and disposable.
Sounds like a Nigerian cultural thing and none of our business.
Would be on Pay pre view I pay for that LOL!
Exactly. This is a smear. The new law had nothing to do with this. Its just another day in the Shari’a Law zone.
That's wishful thinking, right?
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