Gay Saudi Arabian man sentenced to 450 lashes and three years in jail

Gay Saudi Arabian man sentenced to 450 lashes and three years in jail

A SAUDI Arabian man has been sentenced to 450 lashes and three years in jail for being gay and tweeting “immoral” pictures, according to Gulf News.

The “religious police” from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice arrested the 24-year-old for the crimes of “promoting debauchery” and “promoting homosexual contact”.

The trial in the city of Manama heard that the man’s mobile phone contained several “immoral” pictures and that he had used Twitter to try to meet other gay men.

Jason Rahlan from the Human Rights Campaign told The Advocate the sentence was “a horrific reminder of the dangers LGBT people face in Saudi Arabia and the dozens of nations around the world where it’s a crime to simply be who you are”.

Homosexuality is a crime in Saudi Arabia and among all other member-nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council, it is punishable by life imprisonment or even the death penalty.

Meanwhile, over in India, the newly-elected government announced that it had no intention to repeal or amend Section 377 of the India Penal Code that criminalises homosexuality, according to India Today.

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4 responses to “Gay Saudi Arabian man sentenced to 450 lashes and three years in jail”

  1. Fact is it was the Malaysian government who negotiated the release of the black box and the bodies, it was a malaysian flight that Australians were on, it is being widely reported in us of a and europe that he may have stirred up a hornets nest by sending police. fact is how can we afford to send them when we are suppose do have such a dire economic situation here aka joe hockey? 2 nd fact he is still mute on this dreadful sentence, and I don’t think any one should comment on whether I would or would not slam him anyway as you do not know my political affiliations.

  2. Colin Gunther I’m sorry you don’t think our PM is acting appropriately – but be assured you are in a very small minority. Most of us applaud what he has been doing following through on a dreadful atrocity that has affected many Australians. I suggest you look up the word “grandstanding” in the dictionary because that is precisely one of things he has not been doing- but I suspect it wouldn’t matter what he did to you. You would still slam him anyway.

  3. meanwhile The Australian Prime Minister is mute about this as he is too busy grandstanding over a tragedy that is serious but human rights for living are important. and Mr Shorten is too busy to mention it as he is happily preparing for his speech to ACL>

    • Don’t try speaking sense to them Colin. Its gone beyond that now. The gay elite sold our right to high conscious reason. Banked the cash, and ran back to the shaddows. Now your average gay boys can spend life arguing with ignorance in the ever expanding darkness. This is the legacy of our fore bearers. Find another nation mate, more stable than the Pacific rim and its war on everything. Maybe buy some coal shares and retire to Bali.