Wave of arrests hit LGBTQ citizens, generating an atmosphere of fear. Senegal’s gendarmerie released this photo of 12 men arrested on homosexuality charges. Amid a wave of arrests of LGBTQ citizens and claims about gay networks deliberately spreading HIV, conservative Muslims are again pushing to tighten Senegal’s anti-homosexuality law. As they did last year, the Islamist collective And Samm Djikko …
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Five men arrested on homosexuality charges as they prepare for a fashion show. Map of Senegal shows the capital, Dakar. (Map courtesy of AFP) The West African nation of Senegal is continuing a police crackdown on gay citizens. In the latest incident, reported in Senenews, police in the city of Thiès, just outside the capital city of Dakar, arrested five …
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Senegal police arrested dozens of men found on gay WhatsApp group Mame Mactar Gueye, vice president of Jamra in Senegal. (Photo courtesy of TMF) Fifteen men were arrested on suspicion of committing “unnatural acts” in the Diourbel region of Senegal this month, following an investigation that began with a complaint from a marabout, a Muslim holy man, about the theft …
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