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Thu Feb 15, 2024, 04:28 AM Feb 2024

Houthis in Yemen will publicly stone & crucify 9 gay men in "gruesome public spectacles" [View all]

A Houthi court in Dhamar, Yemen, has sentenced nine people to death on homosexuality charges, according to Amnesty International. Seven were sentenced to be executed by stoning and two by crucifixion. Twenty-three others were sentenced to six months to ten years in prison on various charges, including homosexuality, “spreading immorality,” and “immoral acts.”

Videos have already been posted to social media of two people being flogged in public, perhaps in front of the men’s homes.

Additionally, a Houthi court in Ibb, Yemen, sentenced 13 students to death and three others to flogging for “spreading homosexuality,” according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Another 35 people have been detained on homosexuality charges, sources said.

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