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Two Islamic courts in northern Nigeria have secretly released on bail seven men on trial for allegedly breaking the law on homosexuality, a prison official and a court clerk said on Friday.
The seven were among a dozen men the Bauchi state sharia commission formally charged on 6 January with belonging to a gay club and having received funding from the US for an apparent membership drive.
Four others were convicted on 6 March, fined 20,000 naira (£73) each and given 15 lashes with a horse whip as what the judge termed a discretionary "correctional punishment".
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Source: Guardian Nigeria
The seven were among a dozen men the Bauchi state sharia commission formally charged on 6 January with belonging to a gay club and having received funding from the US for an apparent membership drive.
Four others were convicted on 6 March, fined 20,000 naira (£73) each and given 15 lashes with a horse whip as what the judge termed a discretionary "correctional punishment".
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Source: Guardian Nigeria
