Convictions overturned for Senegal gays
Posted on April 21, 2009
Filed Under 365Gay, News
(Dakar) An appeals court in the Senegal capital of Dakar overturned jail sentences Monday for nine men convicted on charges of homosexuality.
They were sentenced in January to eight years in prison on charges of “indecent and unnatural acts” and “forming associations of criminals.”
All nine were involved in HIV-prevention work, their …
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