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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 01:28 PM Nov 2013

5 women arrested under Senegal's anti-gay law

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese police detained five women accused of violating the country's anti-gay law, highlighting increased pressure on suspected lesbians in the deeply conservative West African nation, an activist group said Tuesday.

The five women were detained early Monday morning during a birthday party at a restaurant in Dakar's Yoff district that has been described in the Senegalese press as a meeting point for gay men and lesbians, said Ndeye Kebe, president of the activist group Women's Smile.

The oldest of the suspects, 31-year-old Sene Dieng, is an assistant director at Women's Smile, the only group in Senegal to advocate for lesbians' rights.

The five women were expected to appear in court Tuesday, though Kebe said they had been unable to afford a lawyer.

http://news.yahoo.com/5-women-arrested-under-senegals-anti-gay-law-144637162.html

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5 women arrested under Senegal's anti-gay law (Original Post) joeybee12 Nov 2013 OP
Wow. Some of the comments following that article... theHandpuppet Nov 2013 #1
Me too! get the red out Nov 2013 #2
I should put a warning about Yahoo comments... joeybee12 Nov 2013 #4
I hate to say it, but people like that make me think the gene pool needs a little chlorine... nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #9
A little? joeybee12 Nov 2013 #10
On a related note... theHandpuppet Nov 2013 #3
"Just following orders." Behind the Aegis Nov 2013 #5
Senegal Look at Scientific Evidence About Homosexuals paula key Nov 2013 #6
welcome to DU gopiscrap Nov 2013 #7
Pretty good for a first post. Seems like you'll fit right in here. nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #8
Great first post! Welcome to DU. Scuba Nov 2013 #11
Well said paula key. chknltl Nov 2013 #12

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
3. On a related note...
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 02:30 PM
Nov 2013

Portrait of a hypocrite!

Senegal: Justice Minister reverses course on gay rights
in SENEGAL, 11/09/2013

Senegal’s New Justice Minister Sidiki Kaba has ruled out legalising homosexuality in the country despite previously being a gay rights supporter and activist. Kaba, who was previously the head of the International Federation for Human Rights, told reporters on Friday [Sept. 6] that he had dropped his opposition to the persecution of gay and lesbian people. He said: ”I am a minister of justice who works in the context of a government and who expresses his views through those of the head of state which apply to all those who serve under him.”

MORE at http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/oh3CRZQ18j

paula key

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6. Senegal Look at Scientific Evidence About Homosexuals
Tue Nov 12, 2013, 06:45 PM
Nov 2013

Senegal has to look at the scientific body of evidence about homosexuals.
Psychiatrists in the following countries (UK, USA, Europe, China, India, Australia, N.Z, Lebanon) have all agreed that homosexuality is NOT a) a disease b) a mental illness c) a perversion
And they have also agreed that
homosexuality CANNOT be changed, therefore, stating that it is NOT A CHOICE.

Senegal can politically pacify its Christian and Muslim believers who go back to homophobic quotes written at a time when starting a fire was done by rubbing two sticks together, or, they can step into the 21 century.

http://stories4hotbloodedlesbians.com

P.S. Senegal has to realize that the United Nations Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms states that no religion or culture has the right to deny human rights particularly in areas of sexual orientation.
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