By Rex Wockner
International News Report
A lesbian couple was sentenced to death in Bossasso, Somalia, February 19
for "exercising unnatural behavior," according to numerous reports by
Somali and international media.
The women reportedly were convicted under the Somali Criminal Punishment
Law which is based on Islamic Sharia law.
Bossasso is a port city in the autonomous northeast Puntland region
where executions reportedly are usually by firing squad.
The news reports said the unnamed women were arrested when one of them
complained to police that the other refused to pay for her medical care
after infecting her with a sexually transmitted disease.
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According to the BBC, hundreds of spectators cheered when the judge
handed down the death sentences.
Meanwhile, on February 23, Puntland police denied that any of the reported
events had occurred, one Somali newspaper reportedly printed a
retraction, and the BBC said it had been unable to confirm its earlier
reports.
The United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network responded to
the retraction by saying it knows who the women are and where they are
jailed.
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