Senegal court imposes strict sentences for homosexuals

Azerbaijan News.Net
Thursday 8th January, 2009

Nine homosexual men in Senegal have been sentenced to jail for so-called unnatural acts.

The sentence was the harshest ever handed down to homosexual men in the country, where the practice is illegal.

The judge found the men were also members of a criminal organization and added another three years to the maximum sentence.

Their alleged criminal association was to belong to an organization that was set up in Senegal to fight HIV and AIDS.

The men have said they will appeal their sentences.

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