Four Nigerian men have received 20 lashes each after an Islamic court in the northern city of Bauchi convicted them of gay sex, officials say.
Homosexual acts are illegal in the West African state under both Islamic and secular law - the latter was tightened earlier this year.
Another Muslim man also received 20 lashes in January after the Islamic court in Bauchi convicted him of homosexual offences.
The BBC's Ishaq Khalid in Bauchi says details about the latest case are sketchy, but court officials have confirmed the whippings.
The men, aged between 20 and 22, were also ordered to pay a fine of $120 (£70) each, Dorothy Aken'Ova, a rights activist with the Nigeria-based International Centre for Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights, told the Associated Press news agency.
In 2014 it's hard to believe some people haven't modernized their cruelty the way Western countries have (aka there's plenty of messed up things that go on everywhere, but seldom things so blatant like this on a state-sanctioned level).
