{"id":303495,"date":"2023-12-30T09:03:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T08:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=303495"},"modified":"2023-12-30T09:03:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T08:03:36","slug":"burundi-president-calls-for-stoning-of-gay-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/12\/30\/burundi-president-calls-for-stoning-of-gay-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi president calls for stoning of gay couples"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>He described the marriage between same-sex couples as an abominable practice<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Burundi\u2019s President, Evariste Ndayishimiye, launched a virulent anti-gay tirade on Friday, saying same-sex couples should be publicly stoned.<\/p>\n<p>He also lashed out at Western countries that press other nations to allow gay rights or risk losing aid.<br \/>\nHomosexuality 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.<\/p>\n<p>Ndayishimiye, a Catholic, described the marriage between same-sex couples as an \u201cabominable practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, I think if we see these kinds of individuals in Burundi we should put them in a stadium and stone them. And it would not be a sin for those who do,\u201d Ndayishimiye said in response to a question at a public event broadcast by Burundian media in the east of the country.<\/p>\n<p>He also criticised Western countries that urge smaller nations to allow gay marriage or risk losing aid, saying, \u201cLet them keep their help, let them keep it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burundians living abroad who have \u201cchosen the devil\u201d and practise homosexuality should \u201cnot come back,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Homosexuality is illegal in many East African countries, which have a history of repression and stigmas against gay people, often encouraged by conservative Muslims and Christians.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda, in May, adopted what has been described as one of the world\u2019s harshest laws against homosexuality, prompting outrage among rights groups and Western powers.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Washington has said it would remove Uganda from a key trade deal and has imposed visa restrictions on some officials, while the World Bank suspended new loans to the country.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation is currently being challenged at Uganda\u2019s constitutional court.<\/p>\n<p>In March this year, Burundi charged 24 people with \u201chomosexual practices\u201d in a crackdown on same-sex relationships.<\/p>\n<p>The move followed a call by Ndayishimiye for citizens to root out homosexuality and treat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/08\/29\/over-100-gay-suspects-arrested-holding-gay-wedding-in-nigeria-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gay people<\/a> as \u201cpariahs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ndayishimiye took power in June 2020 after the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza and has been lauded by the international community for slowly ending years of Burundi\u2019s isolation under his predecessor\u2019s chaotic and bloody rule.<\/p>\n<p>But he has failed to improve a wretched human rights record and the country of 12 million people remains one of the poorest on the planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He described the marriage between same-sex couples as an abominable practice Burundi\u2019s President, Evariste Ndayishimiye, launched a virulent anti-gay tirade on Friday, saying same-sex couples should be publicly stoned. 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