A statement issued on Thursday by the rights group and nine other international human rights organisations described the law as draconian''.
It said the law ``will formalise discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender and intersex people and have wide-ranging effects on civil liberties in the country''.
The rights group recalled that on May 30, the House of Representatives passed the Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill with a recommendation of a prison sentence of up to 14 years for homosexual relationships.
It noted that the Senate had already passed a similar bill and added that ``if signed into law, the bill will also criminalise freedom of speech, association and assembly''.
Lucy Freeman, Deputy Director of Africa Programme, Amnesty International, said the bill was ``a throwback to past decades under military rule when these civil rights were treated with contempt''.
It undermines basic freedoms that Nigeria's civil society has long fought to defend; the civil rights of Nigerians cannot simply be legislated away,'' Freeman said in the statement.
The group claimed that the proposed law would also interfere with public health outreach efforts in Nigeria, given the country's record of having the world's third-largest number of people living with HIV/AIDS.
The proposed law would hinder efforts to target vulnerable groups by criminalising those who conduct outreach to such groups. It would drive some groups affected by the epidemic further underground for fear of imprisonment.''
The statement was endorsed by the Centre for Environment Human Rights and Development, Collaborative Media and Advocacy Platform, Human Rights Watch and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre.
Other groups listed are Project Hope/Nigeria HIV INFO, Queer Alliance Nigeria, Stakeholders Democracy Network, the Initiative for Equal Rights, Women Advocates' Research and Documentation Centre.
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Idiots. Did a gay couple give birth to you? This is our land and we don't dine with the devil's policy. Take ur law elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteSo who give birth to GAY?
ReplyDeleteGays are not grown from trees nor fall from the sky. Blame the straight people that give birth to gays. Being gay is someone people are born and they have right to life just like every human. Our legislators should be more productive instead of wasting tax payers funds on irrelivant laws that are irrelivant.
Let people be. Leave gays alone.
Is iot the oyinbo people to dictate to us what we should do and what we shouldnt do? Virtually everybody in Nigeria says NO to Gay and Lesbianism..... what concerns oyinbo with? For instance, i said, I will not take bread in my house and somebody now says, i must take it? is that sensible?
ReplyDeleteGod punish you evil proponents of gay marriage.we nigerians know and fear God we will not join the evil train to fight God.senate and reps God bless you.jonathan go ahead and sign it into law now.don't be patient about it o.goodluck to you
ReplyDeleteThis is sickening!why have these children of belial not legalise polygamy in their countries? Kudos to our National Assembly for a job well done !
ReplyDeleteMay God punish all those proposing same sex rubbish,this is truely the end times.
ReplyDeleteNigerians please don't let anybody, or group of people, or any nation deceive you with their political selfishness and idiotic ideology of winning souls into their condemned and everlasting and endless pit of destruction.
ReplyDeleteNow listing to this, can any nation or group of individual enforce United Kingdom to embrace POLYGAMY?, Can any nation or group of individuals enforce Saudi Arabia to legalise "lesbianism" or "gayism"?
Every nation has got her culture, beliefs, ideology, traditions, ways of life and geographical distance, what is workable in the western world, might not be applicable in African regions because of our differences in belief, culture, tradition, religion etc.
If anyone wants same sex marriage, such person can go to France or USA or United Kingdom to get married, after all people flee to this nation for asylum purposes, they can as well go their and seek marriage approval if they so wish to marry their same sex partner.
Please Fellow Nigerians, The Executive, Legislative and Judiciary arms of Government DO NOT LET ANYBODY DECEIVE YOU, because all the move is purposely for political gains and it WILL NOT IN ANY WAY HELP THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA.
PLEASE SAY NOT TO THIS UNGODLY AND DEMONIC ACT OF THE WESTERN WORLD.
IT IS A TABOO IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A MAN TO MARRY A MAN SO DONT ALLOW IT. GOD KNEW AND NEVER SUPPORTED IT THAT WAS WHY HE CREATED WOMAN AS HELP MATE FOR MAN.
SAY NOT TO SAME SEX MARRIAGE NIGERIANS
SAY NOT TO SAME SEX MARRIAGE AFRICA
SAY NOT TO SAME SEX MARRIAGE THE ENTIRE WORLD
LET US MAKE THIS EARTH/WORLD A PEACEFUL PLACE TO LIVE, LET US AALL SHUN THE DEVILS IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD ADMINISTRATION
LET US EMBRACE THE PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINE OF GOD, LET US STOP KILLING, LET US STOP DEHUMANISING, LET US TO HATRED.
LET US UNITE AND BE OUR BROTHERS' KEEPER.
MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD HELP US THROUGH. AMEN
agents of devil
ReplyDeleteShe goat cannot sleep with a she goat! are animals more sensible than humans now? All these propagators for gay marriage should go and hide their heads in shame!
ReplyDeleteamnesty international, no thanks... we dont want same sex marriage... look else where... goodluck to you in your search!
ReplyDeleteAll these gay and lesbian syndrome is all noise dat d devil has created to distract christain frm d light of truth. Pls let's remain focus by joining forces together to send dis evil act down d drain. Mind u we are nt ignorant of d devil devices, this is one of his tactis let nt fall victim of circumstance. God will save us all frm d evil practices of dis generation.
ReplyDeleteYou want to add nigeria as friends os the devil,we reject that request.look elsewhere
ReplyDeleteOur different religions in Nigeria do not allow same sex marriage.If amnesty is all about SAME SEX MARRIAGE, then they should leave our country and go back to the US where MONEY is their only religion.
ReplyDeleteThis Gay and Lesbians are worst than animals. If same sex marriage is banned in Nigeria, they should go to other countries where it is allowed now. Is it by force that they must be in Nigeria. How come other African countries are not under pressure to legalize this barbaric act.
ReplyDeleteAmnesty international or what ever you called yourselves, this profession of yours is from the pit of hell. The Bible condemns it, the Qur'an did not support it, so where did you get this devilish idea? of course from Satan himself. You better repent or very soon, you'll surely experience what Sodom And Gomorrah faced during their time.
ReplyDeleteAnyone caught in the act should not only save jail term, but be stoned to death.
ReplyDeleteThe subject of gay marriage is where the so called oyibo man thinks, acts and behaves far far and lower lower than the Most Insaned ANIMAL. At point the nut in their brain is gone. This is D-EVIL himself thinking for them. I wonder what pleasure a man wants to derive from his fellow man or woman from her fellow woman? This practice is anti-creation. These are the breeds of satan that came out of the kingdom of devil in human form to advocate for the devil. Those people advocating for same sex marriage at international, national & local levels are not HUMAN BEINGS O', they are demons in human form with face. Please let us cast to where thet came from.
ReplyDeleteAnmesty international I command ALL OF YOUR EYES TO BE BLIND IN SEEING NIGERIA, YOUR MOUTH TO BE SEALED AND LEPROSY TO CAST YOU OUT OF MAN'S HABITATION SO THAT YOU WILL THINK RIGHT
ReplyDeleteANMESTY INTERNATIONAL YOU NEED SALVATION FROM JESUS. I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION. "ANMESTY INTERNATIONAL, ARE ALL THE MARRIED MEN IN AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE HAVE THEIR WIVES AS MEN? OR ARE ALL THE WOMEN IN AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE HAVE THEIR HUSBANDS AS WOMEN?" IF NOT, PLEASE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SHOW US BY EXAMPLE.
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I am tired of Nigerian riligious mentality we claim to be follower of Jesus who said you shall not kill what's the deference from mass killing. This is mass killing in the name of religioun. If u are a true religious follower you should not surport mass killing or anything like it. U should go your way and let others be. Did the Bible not said u should leave vangance for God that u have no right to judg anyone. but is like most people are killling for God now. Religioun in politics that's not a good combination. In nature everybody have the right to do whatever they want as long as u dont hurt anyone. We should respect that. Don't expect your life to be someones life.
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