In Saudi-Arabien ist es bei einer Razzia gegen schwule Männer zu einer Vielzahl von Festnahmen gekommen:
Religious police in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have detained more than 20 men after a raid on a property in the coastal town of Qatif.
Newspaper Al-Medina reports that quantities of alcohol were seized at a gathering of young men and that many more were initially arrested on homosexuality charges but later released.
21 remain in custody.
The state Commission for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice was acting on a tip off.
In Saudi Arabia, homosexuality is illegal under sharia, or Islamic Law.
The maximum sentence it carries is the death penalty and this is most commonly performed by public beheading.
Gay rights are not recognised in the kingdom and the publication of any material promoting them is banned for its “un-Islamic” themes.
Wie groß ist vor dem Hintergrund dieser Schlagzeile
die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass irgendein Staat seine Stimme gegen die Jagd auf Schwule erhebt?
