1. Mauritania — 4 points
Mauritania is a constant news story for its high rate of contemporary slavery and female genital cutting, so putting homosexuals to death — by stoning! — fits right into its retrograde portfolio of disregard for human rights. All sex outside of marriage is illegal and there is no age of consent for illegal homosexual acts. Officials can interpret what they feel is “moral.”
It’s a major global bummer that anyone, anywhere, is still stoned to death or imprisoned for what consenting adults do in private. Many world citizens would not be safe in the 11 most anti-gay countries in the world, not only those who are gay but those who engage in behaviors many of these countries ban in the same stroke, including all sex outside of marriage. I doubt anyone was super excited to plan a trip to Mauritania, but please do think twice if you were.
