Comoros court convicts lesbian couple, sentences them to months in jail

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Comoros court convicts lesbian couple, sentences them to months in jail

A court in Comoros on Dec. 12 sentenced two lesbian women to five and six months in prison respectively after it found them guilty of homosexuality. Authorities arrested the young couple in June on allegations they engaged in same-sex sexual relations and asked an imam to marry them. The women had been in custody since their arrest, which prompted the judge to release them with time served. Human Dignity Trust, an international human rights orga…