Nigeria anti-gay law 'draconian': UN rights chief

[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Tuesday criticized Nigeria's new law on the prohibition of same-sex marriage, calling the legislation a direct violation of basic, universal human rights. Earlier this month [press release] Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathon signed the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill into law, placing a 14-year prison sentence upon anyone who enters into a same-sex union and a 10-year sentence upon anyone who either aids and abets a same-sex marriage or...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/01/nigeria-anti-gay-law-draconian-un-rights-chief.php

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