Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Nigerian authorities
arrested 10 people believed to be gay men under a bill signed this week that
bans same-sex marriages, a human rights group said.
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"Those arrested under this draconian new legislation must be
released immediately and the charges against them dropped. Locking someone up
for their sexual orientation violates the most basic human rights
standards," Makmid Kamara, a researcher for the rights group, said in a
statement Wednesday.
Nigerian police spokesman Frank Mba angrily suggested no one had
been arrested due to the new law.
Last year, a Pew Research Center report found
African and Muslim nations are the least accepting of homosexuality.
Of the 39 countries surveyed, Nigeria was the most intolerant. At least 98% of respondents in the nation
said homosexuality is unacceptable.
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