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'Muted' international response as Senegal enacts same-sex relations law

'Muted' international response as Senegal enacts same-sex relations law

While recent restrictions by a number of African nations on LGBTQ rights have elicited fierce criticism, international reaction has been more tepid as Senegal doubled its penalty for same-sex relations this week. Senegal's president signed the law, which appeared in the country's official gazette out

Senegal enacts law doubling penalty for same-sex relations

Senegal enacts law doubling penalty for same-sex relations

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has signed into law legislation doubling the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison amid a crackdown on the country's gay community. The law, which was signed Monday and appeared in the official journal

'Plundered': Senegal fishers feel sting of illegal, industrial vessels

'Plundered': Senegal fishers feel sting of illegal, industrial vessels

Ibrahima Mar first lost his livelihood then lost his son when the fish off Senegal's coast began to disappear, rupturing a way of life that had sustained his family for generations. Industrial and illegal fishing, among other factors, have contributed to a sharp decline in the region'

Senegal parliament doubles penalty for same-sex relations

Senegal parliament doubles penalty for same-sex relations

Senegal's parliament on Wednesday passed legislation doubling the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison amid a crackdown on the country's gay community. The text, which must now be signed into law by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye,