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Homophobic gangs in Nigeria rob and torture queer people in online dating attacks

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Homophobic gangs in Nigeria are targeting LGBTQ+ people and blackmailing them for money using fake online dating profiles, it has been revealed. These criminals are called ‘kito’, which is a Nigerian term for a person who pretends they are queer on social media and dating apps to entrap LGBTQ+ people. A new BBC Africa documentary, Kito: Blackmailing LGBT Nigeria, sheds light on the crimes perpetuated against the country’s LGBTQ+ community, as criminals use people’s sexual identities to blackmail them. In Nigeria, being gay can carry a maximum prison sentence of 14 years. In the documentary, a father of three, Mohammed, shares […]

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Russian men face 20 years in prison after being accused of gay sex by neighbour’s kids

Two Russian men were arrested after being reported by a neighbour for allegedly having gay sex. The neighbour made a police report claiming that her young children had seen the two men, Timur, 21, and Daniil, 22, through a window pouring water over each other and “doing something resembling sex”, as reported by Baza. The two men were detained and prosecuted under the Violent Acts of Sexual Character act. If found guilty they could face anything from 12 to 20 years in prison, as a child under 14 witnessed the alleged sexual act. However, the mother has since tried to retract her […]