Saudi Arabia pushes for a rigorous punishments for homosexuals caught in the act. Saudi Arabia proposes death sentence.
The death penalty could apply if the practice of homosexuality is deliberate.
Prosecutors in Jeddah have proposed the death penalty in response to dozens of cases they have prosecuted over the last six months which includes 35 people who were sent to prison for sodomy.
The Saudi Arabian authorities had also prosecuted 50 cases in which men allegedly dressed as women.
A doctor who lives in the port city on the Red Sea has been released on bail after officials arrested him for allegedly raising an LGBT Pride flag over his home.
Under the Saudi Arabian law, consensual homosexual acts are often legally indistinguishable from rape or pedophilia, so it is difficult to confirm data about gay people charged under Saudi Arabia's justice system.
In defiance, social media users in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere have begun to use the hashtag, 'You will not terrorize me, I'm gay.
The death penalty could apply if the practice of homosexuality is deliberate.
Prosecutors in Jeddah have proposed the death penalty in response to dozens of cases they have prosecuted over the last six months which includes 35 people who were sent to prison for sodomy.
The Saudi Arabian authorities had also prosecuted 50 cases in which men allegedly dressed as women.
A doctor who lives in the port city on the Red Sea has been released on bail after officials arrested him for allegedly raising an LGBT Pride flag over his home.
Under the Saudi Arabian law, consensual homosexual acts are often legally indistinguishable from rape or pedophilia, so it is difficult to confirm data about gay people charged under Saudi Arabia's justice system.
In defiance, social media users in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere have begun to use the hashtag, 'You will not terrorize me, I'm gay.
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