UAE Sentences 26 Gays To 5 Years In Prison

Police in the United Arab Emirates raided what they referred to as a "gay wedding" and arrested twenty-six men. These men have since been convicted of homosexuality, and each was sentenced to five years in prison. Police, however, acknowledge that none of the men arrested were engaged in a sexual act at the time of the raid.

Unfortunate as these men might find their situation, they should consider themselves lucky that they were not arrested in Iran or Nigeria, where gays are executed.


see also:

• Report: Iran Gay Teens Executed
• More Nigerian Gays Face Death By Stoning
  

tags: United Arab Emirates, UAE, Iran, Nigeria, homosexuality, homosexual, gay