In March, Senegal doubled the maximum prison sentence for gay sex to 10 years and criminalised the "promotion" of homosexuality. Niger criminalised "sexual relations with a person of the same sex" in February, the first time same-sex intimacy had been outlawed in the country.
In March, Senegal doubled the maximum prison sentence for gay sex to 10 years and criminalised the "promotion" of homosexuality.
Niger criminalised "sexual relations with a person of the same sex" in February, the first time same-sex intimacy had been outlawed in the country.
Activists in the region say politicians regard LGBTQ+ people as 'the easiest scapegoats to maintain their power' A growing number of west African countries are implementing or strengthening anti-LGBTQ+...
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In March, Senegal doubled the maximum prison sentence for gay sex to 10 years and criminalised the "promotion" of homosexuality. Niger criminalised "sexual relations with a person of the same sex" in February, the first time same-sex intimacy had been outlawed in the country. Activists in the region say politicians regard LGBTQ+ people as 'the easiest scapegoats to maintain their power' A growing number of west African countries are implementing or strengthening anti-LGBTQ+ laws, amid local political pressures and a global pushback against LGBTQ+ rights.
Activists in the region say politicians regard LGBTQ+ people as 'the easiest scapegoats to maintain their power' A growing number of west African countries are implementing or strengthening anti-LGBTQ+ laws, amid local political pressures and a global pushback against LGBTQ+ rights.
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