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Gambian president who wanted to ‘slit the throats’ of gays loses re-election bid
Thousands celebrated in the streets in an unprecedented display of disdain for the president’s 22 year rule.
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Rights group calls out Gambia president for abuses
“”The climate of fear worsened over the last 12 months, with people perceived to be gay or lesbian increasingly targeted,” said Amnesty’s West Africa researcher Sabrina Mahtani.
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Host of Rubio fundraiser was foreign agent for dictator who endorses gay beheadings
Jennifer Lukawsk recently served as the registered foreign agent for Gambia, a western African regime known for its human rights abuses, including repeated threats to behead gay people.
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Obama administration: Gambia president’s anti-gay threats ‘unconscionable’
U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice condemned on Saturday the president of Gambia’s pledge to slit the throats of gay men in his country as “unconscionable.”
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Gambia’s president threatens to slit the throats of gay men
Jammeh is one of Africa’s most vocal anti-gay leaders and has previously threatened to behead sexual minorities found in his country.
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U.S. drops Gambia from trade agreement in response to anti-LGBT crackdown
The decision to drop Gambia from special trade status under the African Growth and Opportunity Act of 2000 came amid news that three Gambian men had been arrested and accused of homosexuality.
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White House admonishes Gambia over human rights abuses
WASHINGTON — The White House is admonishing Gambia for human rights abuses and says it’s deeply concerned by the government’s failure to protect citizens. White House spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan says Gambia’s government won’t let a U.N. investigator probe reports of torture and detention of people based on their sexual orientation or political views.
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Gambia official rebuffs Western criticism of country’s anti-gay law
DAKAR, Senegal — The Gambian government has lashed out at Western donor nations that have criticized a new law that punishes some homosexual acts with life in prison. The European Union and the United States recently expressed dismay at the law and discrimination against gay people in the West African country.
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State Department condemns Gambia’s new anti-gay law
DAKAR, Senegal — The U.S. State Department has condemned the decision by Gambia’s president to approve a law imposing life imprisonment for some homosexual acts.
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Gambia leader approves harsh anti-gay law that includes lifetime prison sentences
DAKAR, Senegal — The president of Gambia has signed a bill into law that calls for life imprisonment for some homosexual acts, the latest African country to codify harsh penalties for the gay community.
