TIME Magazineのインスタグラム(time) - 6月5日 05時28分
The Struggles of LGBT People Around the World – Photo 3 of 5
Lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) people’s rights are improving around the world. “There’s been enormous progress globally and locally,” wrote Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch earlier this year. “It’s important to note that the fight for LGBT rights is not a Western phenomenon; many of the governments at the forefront of the defense of LGBT rights are from the developing world.” But in some countries, these rights continue to be curtailed – often violently.
This week, TIME International publishes Robin Hammond’s photographs of survivors of discriminations – from Uganda to Russia, Malaysia and Cameroon among many other countries (follow Robin on Instagram @Hammond_Robin and @WhereLoveIsIllegal). Pictured here, Buje (not his real name) of Nigeria. Buje spent more than 40 days in prison after being taken from his home by a vigilante group aligned to the Bauchi City Shar'ia Courts in December 2013.
After guards beat him in prison with electric cables, Buje confessed to committing homosexual acts. They lashed him 15 times with a horsewhip as punishment. He says his family told him: “God should take your life away so that everyone will have peace because you have caused such shame to our family.” Since Nigeria’s president signed a harsh law criminalizing same-sex relationships in Jan. 2014, arrests of gay people have multiplied and advocates have been forced to go underground or seek asylum overseas.
See more photographs on lightbox.time.com. #lgbt
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