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Senegal: Violence against civilians in Senegal

Reported Severity: Low

Senegal’s LGBTQ+ crackdown Senegalese LGBTQ+ people have also faced forced HIV testing and challenges getting legal representation amid a wider crackdown. As a candidate in the 2024 election, now-president Bassirou Diomaye Faye pledged to strengthen existing laws that criminalized same-sex relations. In March the government doubled the maximum prison term for same-sex relations to 10 years. Senegal also introduced fines for promoting, supporting, or financing LGBTQ+ organizations or groups.

Event details

Disorder type
political violence
Event type
violence against civilians
Sub-event
arrests
Interaction
state forces
Key actors
Media
Location
Senegal
Coordinates
14.5000, -14.4500
Source platform
rss

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