Somali Death Sentence Report Disputed
The Advocate,
February 24–26, 2001
Officials in Somalia have denied reports that a female couple had been
given a death sentence because they are lesbians, the BBC reports. Papers in
Mogadishu had said that the women were found guilty of "exercising
unnatural behavior" by having a sexual relationship. But police in
Boosaaso, where the case purportedly took place, said that no such case came
before the courts. One newspaper in Mogadishu has printed an apology to
readers for the story.
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