Human rights activists attack court verdict after group of men given three-year prison sentences and banished from city
A court in Tunisia has sentenced six students to three years in prison each on charges of homosexuality in a judgment condemned by rights activists.
The court in Kairouan handed down the maximum sentence final week under a controversial article of the criminal code that criminalises sex between men,their lawyer, Boutheina Karkni, or said on Monday. Related: Tunisia's lesbian community mobilises against deep-rooted prejudice | Simon Speakman Cordall Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com