13 sentenced to death for homosexuality in Yemen

A Houthi-run court in Yemen has sentenced 13 people to public execution on homosexuality charges, a judicial source said Tuesday, as human rights groups decried a rise in abuses by the Iran-backed rebels.

The sentences were handed down in Ibb, a province controlled by the Houthis whose attacks on Red Sea shipping since November have prompted retaliatory strikes by the United States and Britain.

Three others were jailed on similar charges, according to the judicial source, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press.

Another 35 people have been detained by Houthis in Ibb province on homosexuality charges, the source said.

Zaktor,

Weird how the human rights record of Yemen is suddenly an important news topic right when the West is ramping up for military conflict with them. It must have just started, because otherwise this would be a cynical ploy to drum up support for war.

PugJesus,
PugJesus avatar

"Weird how when something is in the news, say for attacking civilian shipping in the most used sea lane in the world, it gets more scrutiny! I am going to attribute this to Imperialist Scheming(tm)"

OsrsNeedsF2P,

Why on earth are the terrorist organizationsUS military trying to go to war in Yemen?

spacesatan, (edited )

The houthi rebels are very anti queer so I assume the Yemeni and Saudi forces they’re fighting against must be very pro queer. i will not be looking into this further or wondering why the geopolitical enemies of the US always face more media scrutiny.

sharkfucker420,
@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml avatar

Fed approved world view 👍

Resol,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

I’m pretty sure Saudi Arabia is anything but pro-queer.

Zaktor,

They’re being sarcastic. We’ll beat the drums about the Houthis persecution because we want people to be angry at them (and thus supportive of greater military action), but the Saudis do the same thing (plus murder American journalists) and our presidents give them hugs.

Resol,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

Yikes.

dangblingus,

Lmao, Jamal Kashoggi, a Washington Post reporter, gets chopped up inside the Saudi Arabian embassy by Saudi hitmen and the US is like “Oh no! Anyway…”

Nacktmull,
@Nacktmull@lemmy.world avatar

You are right, but you are oversimplifying too. Pointing out human rights violations by enemy states has always been part of political propaganda, sure. However, this must not distract us from the seriousness of these human rights violations themselves.

Zaktor,

To do what exactly? Are we going to then do the same thing to Saudi Arabia, where we actually have some moral entanglements and some ability to influence?

There’s nothing someone in the West is supposed to do upon learning this fact. There’s no aid to withdraw or vacations to cancel to try to influence them to be less horrible. The only leverage is war.

JustZ,

So? The Houthis deserve war, frankly, their ideology is inconsistent with civilization.

BossDj,

This is from a Lebanese outlet. It’s full of pretty exclusively middle east news, and publically makes clear its agenda. The article was submitted by a frequent poster of a wide variety of World News from all over, commonly human rights violations. This guy particularly upped his posting game after explicitly saying he should post more after another prominent poster decided to take a break.

Also this is Lemmy. Nobody cares about us.

kescusay,
@kescusay@lemmy.world avatar

Fucking horrific. This is 2024, and we’re still doing this shit? I have two - count 'em, two - LGBTQ+ kids, and I’m so goddamn glad we don’t live in a murderous shit-hole like that.

Altofaltception,

For now. Give the right wing enough time and power and they will get you there.

TIMMAY,

republicans probably get all hot and sweaty reading shit like this

Blackmist,

Always amuses me to see the superleft LGBT tankie squad defending Yemen, Iran, etc, because they’re anti-west.

These places would literally burn them at the stake for existing.

Nudding,

Always amuses me to see people beating up strawmen.

Matriks404,

No one should be sentenced to death for anything anywhere.

SidewaysHighways,

If we had a real true place to actually like, banish the ones who really couldn’t be taught to not be you know, like sadistic killers or some crazy CRAZY stuff I would totally agree with you. In a time where, say a benevolent AI could run an entire planet of habitual offenders of other’s rights and those people who (after repeated attempts at rehabilitation/therapy/education with all the correct and most up-to-date science about (whichever field in question)) can’t function in society without hurting other people can go BE. away from me then yes

I’d like to hope for a world where every affliction could be unlearned, or perhaps there is an environment where that kind of behavior can be tolerated (metamorphosis of prime intellect style)

But until then, on a finite planet, with individual beings… I’m not sure

EDIT: SHIT

Forgot where the heck I was and which post this was on. I got a little blazed and kept forgetting I was commenting this until I’d open my phone up.

NOT CONDONING THE FUCKING EXECUTION OF SOMEONE BASED ON WHAT HOLE THEY WANNA PLAY WITH

Specal,

The problem people have with the death penalty isn’t that they disagree a serial child rapist should be executed. It’s that people get falsely sentenced. It happens, it always has happened, it always will happen.

soggy_kitty,

Hitler?

sue_me_please,

There’s a reason he took the coward’s way out. Would have been much better to have held him accountable until the day he dies.

ipkpjersi,

This is true, but it also immediately ends the threat or risk of more damage by him. He can never have a prison break or be broken out of prison or anything because he is gone forever.

Cold_Brew_Enema,

*Republicans salivate

samus12345,
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https://images.newrepublic.com/c961a4e02f6e630acbd641fafe9c6b7769c301f8.jpeg?auto=compress&w=768&h=undefined&ar=3%3A2&fit=crop&crop=faces&q=65&fm=jpg&ixlib=react-9.0.2

afraid_of_zombies,

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    pineapplelover,

    Some people still think they have “nothing to hide” because they’re not doing anything wrong.

    Seleni,

    Yup. The problem is the definition of ‘not doing anything wrong’ can change very dramatically very fast, depending on who is in charge.

    cows_are_underrated,

    Relevant picture i saw some time ago here on lemmy:

    https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/ac53fe3c-4378-4b97-a8fb-6f031b0daa6a.png

    AmosBurton,

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    Burn_The_Right,

    What the fuck is Israel doing to stop the slaughter of vulnerable classes by conservatives in the middle east?

    Nothing. The answer is nothing. They are now assisting in it, if anything.

    dangblingus,

    Religion is brain rot.

    HopeOfTheGunblade,
    HopeOfTheGunblade avatar

    Really, they don't have anything more important to be focusing on?

    surewhynotlem,

    Religious folk are fanatically obsessed with other people’s bedrooms. It’s wacky. But I guess everyone needs a hobby. Too bad they don’t just knit.

    HopeOfTheGunblade,
    HopeOfTheGunblade avatar

    That does seem likely to have much better outcomes for everyone.

    RealFknNito,
    @RealFknNito@lemmy.world avatar

    These the dudes Hasan is defending huh? Pretty bleak.

    chuckleslord,

    Hasan doesn’t blanket defend anyone. He’s all about nuance, my man.

    RealFknNito,
    @RealFknNito@lemmy.world avatar

    He’s defending the Houthi wholesale and interviewed a pretty boy one giving him softball questions asking what fucking video games he plays. Sorry but what the fuck are you talking about?

    Burn_The_Right,

    Conservatism is a global plague of oppression and death. It always has been. There is no such thing as a “good conservative”.

    afraid_of_zombies,

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    Burn_The_Right,

    Religion is a catalyst for conservatism. I despise it. But because there are so many non-conservative religious people who are not interested in oppressing or killing others, I now focus on conservatism as the problem.

    afraid_of_zombies,

    Which is fair but so-called progressive religious types enable the conservative types. Pick your battles but I am going to pick mine as well.

    isles,

    Conservatism is code for “I refuse to learn from mistakes.”

    sharkfucker420,
    @sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml avatar

    This will certainly be solved through US intervention just like all the other times we saved women and homosexuals from oppression…

    JustZ, (edited )

    It won’t be solved for that kid. But by denying the Houthis a country and denying their offensive capabilities, we ensure that they occupy an increasingly smaller and more isolated patch of desert and mountains that nobody cares about, and prevent them from expanding their rule over more people, whom it will oppress. It’s a conservative, religious fundamentalist, populist movement, that openly endorses terrorism and rule by assassination and violence. It’s extremely popular with the locals, those that haven’t been executed as infidels.

    Zaktor,

    So we’ll do Saudi Arabia next?

    Chubak,

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    bobs_monkey,

    Lol apostasy is illegal in Iran, punishable by death, and is also incompatible with Islam. So you’re both a hypocrite and an asshole.

    Chubak,

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    Aylex,

    You are so incredibly misinformed and your worldview is tragically narrow.

    Draedron,

    Acceptance of LGBTQ+ sadly seems to only exist in the west. LGBTQ+ people exist everywhere.

    gapbetweenus,

    Maybe it’s up to queer folks themselves to chose which culture they want?

    Adanisi,
    @Adanisi@lemmy.zip avatar

    I’m sure the queer people unfortunate enough to be born there appreciate it.

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