8. Mauritania
While for some relationship between same sexes is an act of love, in Mauritania, the next one on our list of least gay-friendly countries in the world it is considered to be an act against nature. As stated in Penal Code of 1984, “any adult Muslim who commits an act against nature with an individual of his sex will face the penalty of death by stoning”. On two occasions, namely in 2010 and 2015, Mauritania was urged to remove criminalization of same-sex sexual acts. Up until March 2016 (when ILGA’s survey was published) the State has not given its formal answer.
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