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Nigerijski predsjednik potpisao zakon protiv homoseksualaca

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(FILES) -- A file photo taken on September 23, 2013 shows Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan speaking before a bilateral meeting with his US counterpart in New York on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly. Jonathan lost his majority in parliament on December 18, 2013 after 37 lawmakers bolted his party for a new opposition coalition, the latest political blow to hit the embattled leader. In a letter presented to the speaker of the lower house, the lawmakers elected under Jonathan's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) declared that they had joined the All Progressives Congress, stripping the PDP of its majority in 360-seat chamber. AFP PHOTO / Jewel Samad
(FILES) -- A file photo taken on September 23, 2013 shows Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan speaking before a bilateral meeting with his US counterpart in New York on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly. Jonathan lost his majority in parliament on December 18, 2013 after 37 lawmakers bolted his party for a new opposition coalition, the latest political blow to hit the embattled leader. In a letter presented to the speaker of the lower house, the lawmakers elected under Jonathan's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) declared that they had joined the All Progressives Congress, stripping the PDP of its majority in 360-seat chamber. AFP PHOTO / Jewel Samad
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ABUJA - Nigerijski predsjednik Goodluck Jonathan potpisao je u ponedjeljak zakon koji kriminalizira istospolne veze, objavio je njegov ured, unatoč pritisku Zapada da poštuje prava homoseksualaca i lezbijki.

Zakon, koji predviđa kaznu do 14 godina zatvora te zabranjuje homoseksualne brakove, "nemoralne" istospolne veze i članstvo u gay udrugama, parlament je donio u svibnju prošle godine, ali ga je Jonathan dosad odbijao potpisati. Dva slična zakona predložena su 2006., ali nisu prošla u nacionalnoj skupštini.

Homoseksualnost u Nigeriji zabranjena je i po sadašjem saveznom zakonu, ali novi zakon pojačava obračun s homoseksualcima i lezbijkama koji su prisiljeni tajiti svoje sklonosti.

I dok europske zemlje, a posljednja je to učinila Francuska, istospolne partnere u pravima izjednačavaju s heteroseksualnima, brojne afričke zemlje pooštravaju zakone koji se odnose na tu skupinu.

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