Nigeria police detained at least 67 people at a gay wedding in Delta. Gay people can face up to 14 years in prison under the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act.
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.At least 67 people were arrested following the wedding in one of the largest mass detentions targeting homosexuality.
The"gay suspects" were arrested in southern Delta state's Ekpan town at about 2 a.m. on Monday at an event where two of them were married, state police spokesman Bright Edafe told reporters. He said that homosexuality"will never be tolerated" in Nigeria. Amnesty International's Nigeria office condemned the arrests and called for"an immediate end to this witch-hunt.""In a society where corruption is rampant, this law banning same sex relationships is increasingly being used for harassment, extortion and blackmail of people," Isa Sanusi, the organization's director in Nigeria, told The Associated Press.
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More than 60 people arrested at a gay wedding in southern NigeriaPolice in Nigeria say they detained at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding in one of the country’s largest arrests targeting outlawed homosexuality
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