Posted on 02/08/2024 7:03:56 AM PST by Salman
A Houthi-run court in Yemen has sentenced 13 people to public execution on homosexuality charges, a judicial source said Tuesday, as human rights groups decried a rise in abuses by the Iran-backed rebels.
The sentences were handed down in Ibb, a province controlled by the Houthis whose attacks on Red Sea shipping since November have prompted retaliatory strikes by the United States and Britain.
Three others were jailed on similar charges, according to the judicial source, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press.
Another 35 people have been detained by Houthis in Ibb province on homosexuality charges, the source said.
Videos shared with AFP, which could not be independently verified, showed a judge in a court reading out the death sentences on Sunday.
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Islam does get a few things right.
Inquiring minds want to know if the accused were once young boys subjected to Bacha Bazi rapes throughout childhood, and now know no other way, and whose rapists roam free. I anticipate a thorough investigation by the authorities.
Not.
Shhh, don’t tell all those progressives who were marching to protest US response to Houthi terrorism
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