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Ethiopia Proposes to Make Gay Sex a Non-Pardonable Offence
Lawmakers in Ethiopia are expected to pass into law a bill that would make same-sex acts a non-pardonable offense.
Other anti-gay actions and measures in Ethiopia are inducing a climate of fear and panic among the country's LGBT community.
Ethiopia's Council of Ministers endorsed the bill last week with parliament expected, according to local activists, to vote it into law as early as next week.
The bill aims to curb the president's power to pardon prisoners who committed certain "crimes," including those imprisoned for homosexuality acts. Other offenses included in the list are corruption, human-trafficking, smuggling, rape and terrorism.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dan-littauer/ethiopia-gay-rights_b_5005775.html?just_reloaded=1
