This week gave sjefinspektør and spokesperson for politienheten in the nigerian capital Lagos, Dolapo Badmos, clear message that homosexuals are not welcome in the country.
Message was originally posted on her private Instagram profile, where she, according to CNN has earned a følgerskare of 125 000 people.
Even if your profile is closed, she has posted a link on his Twitter account, which makes it available. She writes:
– If you are inclined to be gay, isn’t Nigeria the place for you. We have a law here which criminalizes homosexual clubs, associations and organisations with a sentence of 14 years. So if you are a homosexual, leave the country or expect punishment. All LGBT-people in Nigeria should fit in.
POWERFUL MESSAGE: Leave the country or expect punishment, was the message from sjefsinspektør in the police on Instagram. Photo: Screenshot View more Broad support in the population
In the comments, there are many shelves Badmos and the message. A few are very critical and other writing that they do not support homosexuals, but that they still believe the police should prioritize its resources on other matters.
It was former president Goodluck Jonathan, who signed the controversial law that criminalizes sexual relations between likekjønnede in 2014.
Menneskerettsorganisasjoner as Amnesty and Human Rights Watch condemned immediately the law at the time. But the attitudes in the country support the government’s legislation. It shows a holdningsundersøkelse from the nigerian menneskerettsorganisasjonen The Initiative for Equal Rights, which was completed in 2017.
Here answered 90 per cent of the 2000 respondents that they support the government’s persecution, – an increase of three percent from the year before.
Far above the line
the Managing director of The Initiative for Equal Rights, Olumide Makanjoula, says to CNN that it helps to legitimize violence against LHBTQ-people in the country.
the ministry of foreign AFFAIRS warns travellers after the arrests. Fear inhuman treatment
– the Police should be careful with what they say, and whether they encourage violence. What she wrote is far over the line.
Nigeria is one of the many african countries where homophobia is very widespread. More than half of the countries on the continent have laws that prohibit homosexuality, and in others, including Somalia and South Sudan, there is a risk of the death penalty.
In the beginning of november, wrote the Newspaper about the situation in Tanzania, where the governor in Dar-es-Salaam, Paul Makonda, notified mass arrests of homosexuals, as a part of the government’s plan to eradicate prostitution and homosexuality.
After the strong reactions from the outside world, separating tanzania’s foreign ministry quickly released to remove themselves from the governor’s overtures. They described it as a “personal concern” without support from the state.
But already a few days later, could Amnesty International reveal that ten men had been arrested on the resort island of Zanzibar, suspected of having or promoting the “wrong” sexual orientation.
After Dagbladet inquiries selected UD to change the reiserådene for Norwegian tourists. They are encouraged to keep a low profile and not be active on social media during your stay.
Sunday was also the egyptian TV journalist Mohammed al-Gheiti, according to CNN sentenced to 12 months ‘ imprisonment, for having “promoted homosexuality” when he interviewed a gay man in august of last year.
Badmos and other spokespersons for the police in Lagos have not wanted to answer the media’s queries after the statement.
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