Stone Them, Burundi President Orders Merciless Attack on Gays, Lesbians

BURUNDI’S President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on sexual minorities in a country where LGBT people already face social ostracism and jail terms of up to two years if convicted of same-sex offences. ‘If you want to attract a curse to the country, accept homosexuality,’ Ndayishimiye said in a question and answer session with journalists and the public held in Burundi’s east on Friday. READ ALSO: One Man, 3 PhDs In Accounting; Meet Agyemang, World’s First To Attain Feat Skeptical, Open-minded; 10…

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