Niger's military junta has introduced a new penal code that criminalizes homosexuality. An adviser to the justice minister confirmed on Friday that the law took effect on Thursday.
this is a doubling down. they criminalized it some months or a year ago, we talked about it on hexbear at the time. very frustrating, critical support.
Niger and Mali are less socialist and more developmentalist. Niger is also considered the Crassus of the AES triumvirate by the empire, that why the us approached it multiple times.
I will take this news with a huge grain of salt, since its exclusively pro-empire sources reporting this.
But its likely done to persuade the advancing forces of IS.
this is a doubling down. they criminalized it some months or a year ago, we talked about it on hexbear at the time. very frustrating, critical support.nvm, but also weird that it happened twice
Niger and Mali are less socialist and more developmentalist. Niger is also considered the Crassus of the AES triumvirate by the empire, that why the us approached it multiple times.
Wasn’t it Burkina Faso though that did it a few months ago? or maybe I missed Niger doing the same
ah shit i’ve been up all night, yeah it was probably Burkina Faso before
It was Burkina Faso.