Gay oussouye, senegal

All that has stopped since the anti-gay march. "It is riskier today to publicly display one's LGBTQI identity in Senegal compared to a few years ago," said Ousmane Diallo, an Amnesty International researcher. Many in Muslim-majority Senegal believe homosexuality is a Western lifestyle being imposed on their society. Violence against people on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender expression escalated in Senegal starting in early Men who identify as or are perceived to be gay increasingly became targets of popular vengeance and arbitrary arrests. In research conducted in and early , Human Rights Watch documented a range of abuses, including police abuse and arbitrary detention, physical threat, assault, and verbal abuse by private individuals, and blackmail, extortion, and robbery.

A mainly Muslim nation known for its religious tolerance, Senegal is nonetheless more aggressive than many African states in enforcing its anti-gay law, which criminalises "unnatural acts", said. A cerimônia simbólica foi celebrada numa escola de Kaolack, a km do sul de Dakar, na província de Casamansa, no dia Entre os detidos estavam os noivos que, segundo relatos do portal, foram detidos no momento da cerimônia. A polícia apreendeu também as alianças do casal e outros objetos.

Oussouye (or Husuy in Jola [2]) is a small town and urban commune in the Oussouye Department in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal. It lies in the area of Basse Casamance in the south of the country. Skip to main content. FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES HARVARD. Search Hints Use Policy Botanists Publications Specimens Images Taxa Hu Cards ECON Artifacts Contribute Comments.

Dakar-based journalist Marta Moreiras explores what it means to be gay in Senegal, where homosexual men here are targeted with the slur “Góor-jigéen” - a pejorative term which literally. A Senegalese court has jailed two men for "spreading false news" after they accused Ousmane Sonko, the country's new prime minister, of tolerating homosexuality. They had been angered that Mr Sonko had allowed a visiting French politician to express his support for same-sex marriages. Homosexual acts are banned in the mainly Muslim West African country and are punishable by up to five years in prison.