Tag Archives: Senegal

First conviction under Senegal’s harsh new anti-gay law Under Senegal’s harsh new anti-homosexuality law, the first defendant has been convicted and sentenced to six years in prison, SeneNews reported. Below is their article, edited, translated from French and amended with information from Block TV Gambia: Courtroom scene in the Pikine-Guédiawaye courthouse in Senegal. (Photo courtesy of Dakar Poste)   On …

Penalties for gay sex are doubled; prison for ‘promoting’ homosexuality Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye The president of Senegal has given the green light to a highly contentious anti-LGBTQ bill that  significantly stiffens the penalties for same-sex relations, doubling the maximum prison sentence to 10 years. The newly enacted law also criminalizes any actions considered to be attempts to “promote” …

Senegal’s turn against LGBTQ rights reflects the rise of the far right Senegal, now at the forefront of homophobic populism in Francophone Africa, was also the native land of Léopold Sédar Senghor, a leading opponent of colonialism, racism and Eurocentrism. Senghor would become the father of the country’s independence from France and Senegal’s first president. In this analysis, Rodolphe P. …

‘To protect LGBTQ+ people’s health, we must protect LGBTQ+ people’s rights’ Ghana’s parliament (Photo courtesy of ISSAfrica.org) A group of progressive West African faith leaders have denounced a proposed bill in Ghana to jail every acknowledged homosexual, increase penalties for same-sex intimacy, and prohibit “promotion” of LGBTQ behavior. Meanwhile, the United Nations anti-AIDS agency (UNAIDS) issued a statement opposing a similar …

‘Homosexuals will no longer breathe in this country’ Anti-gay legislators at Senegal’s National Assembly in Dakar celebrate the passage of the bill to double the penalties for same-sex intimacy. (Seyllou photo courtesy of AFP / Getty Images) Yesterday the National Assembly in Senegal unanimously approved a bill yesterday to double the prison time for gay sex, sending it to President …

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 …

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 …

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 …