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Content Type(s): Insight
Topic(s): Anti-LGBTIQ Crackdown
Region(s): Senegal
… Legal Analysis of the Amendment to Article 319 of the Penal Code of Senegal (2026) and Its Impact on LGBTQ Persons Submitted by jjohnson on Tue, 03/17/2026 - … framework criminalizing same-sex intimacy since the colonial era. Article 319 of the Penal Code, originally derived from the French Penal Code of 1810 and retained at independence, has long served as the primary instrument for the …
Content Type(s): Press Release
Topic(s): Anti-LGBTIQ Crackdown
Region(s): Senegal
… Senegal's New Anti-LGBTQ Law Criminalizes Support, Silences Dissent, and Threatens Public Health Gains Submitted by jjohnson on Thu, 03/12/2026 - 17:54 Senegal's parliament passed … bisexuality, and transsexuality, marking the first time that Senegal has outlawed expressing public support for a marginalized group of people. The law's explicit prohibition of … is not a safeguard; it is a gag order that cuts people off from information, threatens public health, and silences civil society. History shows that when governments begin by targeting …