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Click to expand Image Men charged with public displays of same-sex affection gather within the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria, March 3, 2020. 2022 Temilade Adelaja/Reuters On Tuesday, police in Nigeria's southern Delta State arrested several dozen people accused of violating the country's anti-gay law by allegedly participating in a gay wedding. The police publicly paraded the suspects before the media, interrogating them about the accusations, assaulting their dignity and rights to privacy, association, and a fair trial, among others. In a media statement on August 29, the Delta State commissioner of police, Wale Abbas, said 67 men and women were arrested at a hotel in Warri for conducting and attending the purported gay wedding, which is prohibited under Nigeria's Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act. The police shamelessly livestreamed the media spectacle on their official Delta State police Facebook page. In 2022, Nigeria's Federal High Court fou

Delta stateLagos stateNigeria federal high courtHuman rights watchWale abbasSame sex marriage prohibitionFederal high courtAfrican charterPeople rightsSame sex marriage prohibition actRights watchHuman rightsClick to expand image men charged with public displays of same sex affection gather within the premises federal high court in lagosMarch 3020 2022 temilade adelaja reuters on tuesdayOlice in nigeria 39s southern delta state arrested several dozen people accused of violating the country anti gay law by allegedly participating ina wedding police publicly paraded suspects before media