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Burundi president calls for stoning of gay couples (www.vanguardngr.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Stamau123@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye launched a virulent anti-gay tirade on Friday, saying same-sex couples should be publicly stoned.

He also lashed out at Western countries that press other nations to allow gay rights or risk losing aid.

Homosexuality in Burundi, a conservative Christian country in East Africa, has been criminalised since 2009 with prison terms of up to two years for consensual same-sex acts.

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[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

Dude probably smokes fat dicks.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 16 points 8 months ago

Bet you a shiny nickel that guy’s smoking pole behind closed doors.

[-] e_mc2@feddit.nl 4 points 8 months ago

100% still closeted

[-] Embarrassingskidmark@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Meanwhile, I'm calling for the stoning of conservative, christian Burundi presidents.

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 2 points 8 months ago

a … Christian country

Love your next like you love yourself and so on...

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Homosexuality in Burundi, a conservative Christian country in East Africa, has been criminalised since 2009 with prison terms of up to two years for consensual same-sex acts.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

The only difference between the conservative Burundi government and the conservative American government is what they think they can get away.

[-] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

Thanks, colonialism!

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[-] Wahots@pawb.social 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

According to the article, being queer was criminalized as late as 2009. That's just people being dickheads because they can. :p

/unrelated

I always check credibility of news sites I don't recognize. This one has mixed credibility for failing some fact checks in the past.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/vanguard-news-nigeria-bias/

this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2023

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