Tag Archive: LGBT; persecution; Senegal

Gays seek protection in Senegal despite intolerance of homosexuality

Published: 16 Oct 2012

  West Africa is not an easy place to live if you are gay. In Gambia, fifteen men were arrested in April of this year on suspicion of being gay. After almost three months they were acquitted for lack of evidence. Five of them have since fled to Senegal where they are presently seeking asylum….