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Gambia passes bill imposing life in prison for some homosexual acts
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast A Gambian lawmaker says the National Assembly has passed a bill imposing life imprisonment for some homosexual acts. Minority leader Samba Jallow said Monday the bill brings life sentences for “aggravated homosexuality.” A draft bill seen by The Associated Press contains language identical to a controversial anti-gay bill signed i…
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Gambia president threatens to kill asylum seekers who cite anti-gay laws
BANJUL, Gambia — Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh is threatening to kill asylum seekers who cite the country’s anti-gay laws and tarnish his image as a leader, reports African press agency APA.
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‘Quiet diplomacy’ faulted for advancement of Africa’s anti-gay laws
DAKAR, Senegal — Last month, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni met in his office with a team of U.S.-based rights activists concerned about legislation that would impose life sentences for some homosexual acts. South African retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu joined them by phone, pointing out similarities between Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill and racist laws enforced under South Africa’s former apartheid government.
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Kerry denounces Gambia president’s remarks that LGBT people are ‘vermin’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday denounced remarks by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh that LGBTQ people are “vermin” and that Gambia’s government would tackle them in “the same way it fights malaria-causing mosquitoes.”
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Gambian president promises to ‘fight homosexuals like we fight malaria’
BANJUL, Gambia — Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh said Tuesday that LGBTQ people are “vermin” and said his government would tackle them in the same way it fights malaria-causing mosquitoes.
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Gambia president to United Nations: Homosexuality top global threat
UNITED NATIONS — The president of Gambia is using his address to the United Nations General Assembly to attack gays and lesbians, calling homosexuality one of the three “biggest threats to human existence.”
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Gambia’s president says no gays allowed; if caught, ‘will regret being born’
Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh, speaking Thursday night at the opening of the country’s Parliament in Banjul, used the occasion to send out another warning to gays, saying they are not allowed in Gambia, and if caught, “will regret” being born.