lashings for teen lesbians in nigeria

By Sapa-dpa

October 14, 2005: Abuja - A local disciplinary committee on Thursday in the Niger Delta ordered the caning of six teenage girls for unspecified same-sex behaviour that was described as an "abominable act".

A local vigilance group in Twon-Brass in Nigeria's Bayelsa state arraigned the girls before a special local action committee, and they were pronounced guilty on Thursday. The girls, between 12 and 17-years-old, were sentenced to 90 strokes of the cane each for their "shameful and abominable act".

The vigilance group said one of the convicts confessed to the crime and said a friend whose name she gave as Felicia introduced her into lesbianism. Felicia is still at large.

Two of the six girls were said to be mates in a secondary school in the area.

French Version

lesbiennes condann�es au nigeria
Par www.tetu.com

Octobre 20, 2005: Six adolescentes ont �t� reconnues coupables de rapports homosexuels et condamn�es chacune, le 13 octobre dernier, � 90 coups de b�ton, rapportent plusieurs m�dias, dont le site d'information News 24. C'est un groupe local de vigilance de Twon-Brass (�tat de Bayelsa, au sud du pays) qui aurait poursuivi les jeunes filles, �g�es de 12 � 17 ans, aupr�s d'un comit� sp�cial d'action locale. Cette instance disciplinaire aurait alors prononc� la sentence, estimant que l'acte reproch�, non sp�cifi�, �tait "honteux et abominable". Selon le groupe de vigilance, une seule adolescente a reconnu le "crime" et expliqu� que l'une de ses amies, toujours libre, l'avait "initi�e" � l'homosexualit�.