71 Men Arrested in Senegal for 'Unnatural Acts' as Crackdown Intensifies
The public prosecutor said 71 men were charged as the new law doubled prison terms for same-sex acts and added penalties for promoting homosexuality.
- On Friday, Senegal's public prosecutor's office announced that 71 men were arrested and charged with "unnatural acts," while charges against 28 other defendants were dropped after court appearances.
- President Bassirou Diomaye Faye signed the legislation into law in March after the National Assembly approved it, doubling penalties for same-sex acts from five to 10 years in prison.
- More than 100 people have been charged since the law's passage, with the bill introducing fines of up to 10 million CFA francs, or about $17,640, in a nation where average monthly income is around $300.
- Human Rights Watch researcher Larissa Kojou said the law has created a climate of "constant fear" for LGBTQ people in Senegal, with arrests intensifying due to new state apparatus backing.
- Senegal is one of several Muslim-majority West African nations to criminalize homosexuality in recent months, though The Human Dignity Trust notes the law was enforced only haphazardly before this year.
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The rise of anti-LGBTQ+ laws across Africa
A wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation is gathering pace across Africa, driven by political opportunism and rising anti-Western sentiment, and fuelled by US far-right groups.Last week 71 men were arrested in Senegal and charged with “unnatural acts”, said the public prosecutor’s office, under a strict new law that has doubled the maximum prison sentence for same-sex relations to 10 years. It also criminalised the “promotion” of homosexuality, includi…
71 men arrested in Senegal for “unnatural acts” as crackdown on homosexuality continues
The public prosecutor’s office in Senegal confirmed Friday that 71 men were arrested and charged with “unnatural acts,” Africa News reports. Twenty-eight other men were arrested but had their charges dropped. The announcement comes several months after the Muslim-majority West African nation stiffened penalties for homosexuality in March. The penalty associated with an “unnatural acts” charge is five to ten years in prison. Related 2 celebriti…
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71 Senegal men arrested for having gay sex in 'unnatural acts' crackdown
More than 70 men have been arrested in Senegal since the introduction of a new anti-LGBTQ+ law earlier this year. On 7 August, the public prosecutor’s office confirmed that 71 men had been arrested and charged with “unnatural acts” amid the crackdown on same-sex relations, while 28 more had the charges against them dropped. According […] The post 71 Senegal men arrested for having gay sex in ‘unnatural acts’ crackdown appeared first on PinkNews …
The prosecutor's office in Senegal, a country on the west coast of Africa, announced last Friday that 71 alleged homosexuals had been arrested and charged. During the investigation, charges against 28 men were dropped. In March, the Senegalese National Assembly passed a law doubling the maximum penalty for homosexual acts. The bill stipulates a prison sentence of five to 10 years for "acts against nature" (a term referring to same-sex relations)…
71 men arrested in Senegal for 'unnatural acts' as crackdown intensifies
Months after passing a law upping the penalties for homosexual relations, Senegal is intensifying its crackdown on same-sex relations. On Friday, the public prosecutor’s office said 71 men have been arrested and charged with “unnatural acts.”
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