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Countries around the world celebrated Pride month in June, but not all places are as accepting. So where is homosexuality illegal?
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Reuters: U.N. Security Council condemns Orlando gay nightclub massacre
http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL1N1951KI?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
Washington Post: Here are the 10 countries where homosexuality may be punished by death
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/13/here-are-the-10-countries-where-homosexuality-may-be-punished-by-death-2/
Independant: How Uganda was seduced by anti-gay conservative evangelicals
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/how-uganda-was-seduced-by-anti-gay-conservative-evangelicals-9193593.html
Human Rights Watch: Russia: Anti-LGBT Law a Tool for Discrimination
https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/06/29/russia-anti-lgbt-law-tool-discrimination
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