Three Men Arrested in Senegal for Being Gay, Two Convicted

There have been new arrests and convictions for same-sex relations in Senegal, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission reported Aug. 20. Two men from the town of Darou Mousty were convicted in mid-August of illegal sexual acts "against nature" and jailed for two and five years respectively, IGLHRC said. A third man, age 17, arrested at the same time faced trial Aug. 24. The situation of a fourth man arrested at the same time is unknown. Full Story from PrideSource

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