LGBTQ+ Nigerians are living at the mercy of mob justice

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11/12/2024

A video circulating online from Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, depicts the lynching of two gay men who were allegedly caught engaging in sexual intercourse. The men were stripped down to their underwear and forced to hold hands while being paraded in the streets. They were covered in bruises and blood. Onlookers watched and recorded with their phones as the pair were beaten with sticks and fists and attackers hurled homophobic slurs at them. An elderly man who witnessed the incident told LGBTQ Nation that mob attacks on queer people are common occurrences in Rumuewhara, a community in the city of Port Harcourt.

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