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In Indonesia, gay sex is now punishable by 100 lashes
Anyone caught having homosexual sex can face up to 100 strokes of a cane, a fine of up to 2.2 pounds of gold (about $37,400), and imprisonment of up to 100 months.
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Why I want Pope Francis to write a requiem for Gabriel Fernandez, the boy tortured to death for appearing gay
There is a story that I have felt compelled to write for three months. I have not written it because I have found it difficult to find the words. I have the words. I have the exact words. I have written them before. The story that has nagged at me is the mourning of Gabriel Fernandez, and the requiem of his death. He was eight years old. I know the words to say to Gabriel, because I wrote them in April to a little boy named Zachary…
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Defendant rejects plea deal in child abuse death of boy perceived to be gay
A man accused in the beating and torture death of an 8-year-old boy he and his mother perceived to be gay, has rejected a plea deal to murder charges that would have avoided him the death penalty. KNBC-TV reports that Isauro Aguirre has not agreed to the deal that calls for life in prison without the possibility of parole and no appeals.
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Death penalty sought for couple who tortured, murdered boy they called gay
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a couple charged with beating to death the woman’s 8-year-old son.
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Russian police confirm man was tortured to death because he was gay
VOLGOGRAD, Russia — Two men have been arrested for torturing a 23-year-old man to death in Russia in an apparent homophobic attack, investigators said Sunday.
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Report: Cameroon most aggressive country in prosecuting suspected gays
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world, four human rights organizations said in a report released Thursday.