Young Peoples and Human Rights Ghana

Nigerian Gay Man Lashed 20 Times For Sodomy: Report BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — A young man convicted of sodomy was whipped 20 times Thursday in a northern Nigerian Shariah court. Though Mubarak Ibrahim was found guilty under Shariah law, it is the first conviction of a gay man in Nigeria since President Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill that further criminalizes homosexuality under the West African nation's Western-style penal code. Activists believe the new law has whipped up homophobia and endangers gay people in a country where lynchings and mob justice are common. But the Muslim Rights Concern group on Thursday said it was "the other way round as the practice of homosexualism and lesbianism is most capable of instigating widespread hatred and turning society upside down." It praised Jonathan for resisting pressures from Western powers that have condemned