Capital punishment for homosexuality
Capital punishment as
a criminal punishment for
homosexuality has been implemented by a number of countries in their history. It currently remains a legal punishment in several countries and regions, all of which have
sharia–based criminal laws, except for
Uganda.
Gay people also face
extrajudicial killings by state and non-state actors in some states and regions of the world. Locations where this is known to occur include
Iraq,
Libya,
Syria and the
Chechnya region of
Russia. Imposition of the death penalty for homosexuality may be classified as
judicial murder of gay people.
The
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) reported in 2020 that in at least six UN member states—Brunei, Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria (
some states in northern Nigeria), Saudi Arabia, and Yemen—homosexual activity is punishable by death.
[1] These six were joined in 2023 by Uganda, which became the only Christian-majority country with capital punishment for some consensual same-sex acts.
[2] Excepting Uganda, all countries currently having capital punishment as a potential penalty for homosexual activity base those laws on interpretations of
Islamic teachings.
[3][4]: 25, 31 One source states that in 2007 alone, five countries had carried out executions for homosexuality.
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