Senegal
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Police arrest anti-gay demonstrators in Senegal
Saturday, January 23, 2016Police dispersed demonstrators and arrested some because the protest wasn't authorized. -
Gambia’s parliament bans female genital mutilation
Thursday, December 31, 2015Gambia's parliament has passed a bill banning female genital mutilation and setting strict penalties for offenders -
Senegal police arrest 11 accused of homosexual acts
Sunday, December 27, 2015Residents in the Senegalese town of Kaolack say police have arrested 11 people accused of homosexual acts. -
Senegal activist: Release 7 men convicted of ‘gay acts’
Friday, August 28, 2015Djamil Bangoura, president of gay rights group Prudence, said Friday that Senegal must stop condemning people who are different. -
Senegal police arrest 4 over attacks to rid their neighborhood of gays
Monday, February 3, 2014DAKAR, Senegal — Police in a city outside Senegal's capital have arrested four young men accused of carrying out attacks in a bid to rid their neighborhood of gay people. -
Senegal sentences gay men to 6 months in prison for having sex
Saturday, February 1, 2014DAKAR, Senegal -- A judge in Senegal sentenced two men to six months' jail in a rare conviction of a gay couple on criminal charges. -
Senegal judge frees women accused of violating law banning homosexual acts
Wednesday, November 20, 2013DAKAR, Senegal — A judge in Senegal says there is insufficient evidence to convict four women accused of violating the country's law banning homosexual acts. -
Five women charged under Senegal’s anti-gay law
Thursday, November 14, 2013DAKAR, Senegal -- A prosecutor in Senegal says five women have been charged under the country's anti-gay law that imposes prison sentences of up to five years for homosexual acts. -
Five women arrested under Senegal’s anti-gay law
Tuesday, November 12, 2013DAKAR, Senegal -- Senegalese police detained five women accused of violating the country's anti-gay law, highlighting increased pressure on suspected lesbians in the deeply conservative West African nation, an activist group said Tuesday. -
Gambia gays face discrimination in exile
Thursday, October 24, 2013Alhaji, a 21-year-old gay man, knew there was trouble when he heard that an uninvited guest was snapping photos in the middle of his poolside birthday party in Gambia's capital. That photographer turned out to be…
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