A gang armed with wooden clubs and iron bars, screaming that they were going to "cleanse" their Nigerian neighbourhood of gay people, dragged 14 young men from their beds and assaulted them, human rights activists said yesterday.

Nigeria

Four of the victims were marched to a police station, where they were allegedly kicked, punched and abused by police, said Ifeanyi Orazulike of the International Centre on Advocacy for the Right to Health.

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Nigeria is know as a country with a government that promotes hate against the LGBT community. It’s enough that someone thinks that you’re gay, to be attacked be this kind of mobs. So even if your’re not LGBT – you should consider to another country – because if someone thinks your gay – you can be attacked.

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