Legislação homofóbica

A Nigéria pune a homossexualidade com pena até 14 anos de prisão, de acordo com uma lei legada do defunto império britânico. Mas, pelo vistos, tal lei não basta e as autoridades nigerianas decidiram lançar mão de novas ferramentas legais para mais eficazmente punirem tão devassa prática:

Homosexual conduct among consenting persons in Nigeria is already a crime punishable by 14 years in prison, a 19th century penal provision that is a legacy of British colonial rule. But the new legislation goes much, much further in terms of curbing fundamental rights of expression, association, and communication. Among the proposed new law's many noxious provisions, it would, under penalty of a stiff prison term of five years:

-- outlaw membership in a gay group, attending a gay meeting or protest, donating money to a gay organization; or even advocating gay equality in any way, shape, or form;

-- outlaw hosting or even visiting a gay Web site;

-- outlaw expressions of same-sex love in letters or e-mails;

-- outlaw attending a same-sex marriage or blessing ceremony, screening or watching a gay movie, taking or possessing photos of a gay couple, and publishing, selling, or loaning a gay book or video.

Even mere socializing by two or more gay people, like having dinner together, is likely to be interpreted as illegal.

Moderno. Profundamente orwelliano.