Nigeria gay law 'risks democracy'
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A proposed Nigerian law banning same-sex marriages is a threat to democracy, says Human Rights Watch.
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Governors in north Nigeria introduced the criminal aspect of Islamic law for political gain, say human rights activists.
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The ruling was described as one of three major hurdles for the government as it attempts to steer the country back to democracy.
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Turkey's plans for new sex laws may hurt its European ambitions
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Goverment policies have been blamed for fuelling discrimination against people with HIV.
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Comment is free: Andrew Rawnsley: His ideas for modernising our democracy are both exciting and risky. Politicians can never be sure where reform will take them.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned world leaders that the rule of law is at risk across the globe. Speaking at the annual session of the UN General Assembly in New
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The president of Botswana warns his people they must abstain from unsafe sex, or die from Aids.
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Botswana&#39;s President Festus Mogae has warned that the country cannot sustain the current high rate of HIV infection and that people should &quot;abstain from unsafe sex, or die&quot;.
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How Archbishop Peter Akinola's rejection of liberal "sins" and the ordination of gay clergy could push the Anglican Church to split
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A judge declared Friday that a law banning same-sex marriage violates the state constitution, a first-of-its-kind ruling in New York that would clear the way for gay couples to wed if it survives on appeal.
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A Spanish bill allowing gay marriage is expected to go to parliament has the Catholic Church up in arms. One bishop said it was like unleashing a virus.
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An international human rights group has accused President Yoweri Museveni's government of promoting "state homophobia" in Uganda and urged the repeal of a colonial-era law against sodomy.
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Africa's Anglican bishops condemn homosexuality as an "abomination" at their summit meeting in Nigeria.
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years in jail, overturning his conviction for sodomy in a shock ruling expected to win support for the new prime minister. freedom to urge the country&#39;s recently installed prime minister to drive harder on reform.
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UN warns against humanitarian failure in southern Sudan in event of peace deal between government and rebels. ABUJA &amp; NAIROBI - The African Union chairman, President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, said Monday
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