Nigeria: UN Human Rights Chief Denounces 'Draconian' Anti-Homosexuality Law

14 January 2014

The United Nations human rights chief today voiced her alarm at a "draconian" new law in Nigeria that further criminalizes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, organizations and activities, as well as people who support them.

"Rarely have I seen a piece of legislation that in so few paragraphs directly violates so many basic, universal human rights," said High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. "Rights to privacy and non-discrimination, rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly, rights to freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention: this law undermines all of them."

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