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Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye launched a virulent anti-gay tirade on Friday, saying same-sex couples should be publicly stoned.

He also lashed out at Western countries that press other nations to allow gay rights or risk losing aid.

Homosexuality in Burundi, a conservative Christian country in East Africa, has been criminalised since 2009 with prison terms of up to two years for consensual same-sex acts.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 94 points 1 year ago

a conservative Christian country in East Africa

Remember that when people claim it's only Islam that is brutal to queer people. It's so many religions.

[-] Jilanico@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Russia is full of atheists and they are also brutal to queer people. Excising religion from the world isn't going to solve that.

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