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"LGBT activities are illegal in Saudi Arabia and it is one of the least homosexual friendly countries in the world. First offenses attract prison sentences of s
by joshrotenberg 11y ago
"LGBT activities are illegal in Saudi Arabia and it is one of the least homosexual friendly countries in the world. First offenses attract prison sentences of several months to life, fines with whipping/flogging, castration, torture, vigilante killings and public execution. A second conviction invariably results in execution."
Wow. Sounds fucking awful there.
- grej 11y agoMost of us on HN are so incredibly fortunate to live where we do. In the fast paced world, it's often easy to forget that fortune, and the fact that for most of human history, tyranny is the rule, not the exception. That we are shocked by such institutionalized barbarism is both a good thing for how far the world has come, and a sad thing that such a place still exists. How the UN could possibly name this place the head of the Human Rights Council is unfathomable. They have lost any moral authority they had left through that action.