About Senegal
 official name: Republic of Senegal
capital: Dakar
head of state: President Abdoulaye Wade
state: multi party
population: 11,987,121 (July 2006 est.)
independence: from France in 1960
languages: French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
religion: Muslim 92%, indigenous beliefs 6%, Christian 2% (mostly Roman Catholic)
currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF)
media: NA
Legal wise
status of homosexuality: illegal
age of consent: NA
laws covering homosexual activity: Article 319, paragraph 3 of the Senegal Penal Code, in the edition of the law of n° 66-16 of 12 February 1966 bans homosexual conduct as follows:
"Sans préjudice des peines plus graves prévues par les alinéas qui précèdent ou par les articles 320 et 321 de présent Code, sera puni d’un emprisonnement d’un à cinq ans et d’une amende de 100.000 à 1.500.000 frnacs, quiconque aura commis un acte impudique ou contre nature avec un individu de son sexe. Si l’acte a été commis avec un mineur de 21 ans, le maximum de la peine sera toujoure prononcé."
("Without prejudice to the more serious penalties provided for in the preceding paragraphs or by articles 320 and 321 of this Code, whoever will have committed an improper or unnatural act with a person of the same sex will be punished by imprisonment of between one and five years and by a fine of 100,000 to 1,500,000 francs. If the act was committed with a person below the age of 21, the maximum penalty will always be applied" - Translation by Nigel Warner)
The Swedish Embassy were advised of a recent case in which the individuals concerned had been sentenced to imprisonment of between one month and a year.
Source ILGA)
background information and government attitudes:
"But of course gay men and lesbians exist and make contact in the street. Society tolerates them. For example, they are not assaulted. But they are considered to bring shame upon their families. For example, when they die they are not buried in the same burial plot. They are buried separately. Only a few close relatives are present at their funeral. Islam condemns homosexuality and forbids believers from becoming involved. For this reason, legal recognition is not something which is going to happen overnight.
As regards the question of prisoners of conscience, the fact that Amnesty has taken up homosexuality in its mandate creates problems for our activists. We even have difficulties in discussing it in our meetings."
(message from an Amnesty International member in Senegal to Olivier Jablonski - 16th December 1998)
9.95: At UN 4th Conference on Women in Beijing opposed the (unsuccessful) proposal for inclusion of references to "sexual orientation" in the draft "Platform for Action"
Voted against granting ILGA consultative status at the UN in January 2002.
Communication
main lines in use: 266,600 (2005)
cellular telephones: 1.73 million (2005)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1 (2001).
Radios: 1.24 million (1997).
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997).
Televisions: 361,000 (1997).
Internet hosts: 412 (2006)
Internet users: 540,000 (2005)
Articles:
 IGLHRC CALLS FOR THE MOBILISATION OF INTERNATIONAL AND LGBTI COMMUNITY
by Mask Admin 7/9/2009
SENEGAL - 07 September 2009: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) has called on the international LGBTI community and allies to mobilize and hold the Senegalese government accountable for soaring human rights violations and persecution of gay people.
HOMOSEXUEL EXHUME D’UN CIMETIERE AU SENEGAL
by Jerina Chendze Messie 4/9/2009
SENEGAL – 07 Juillet 2009: La communauté homosexuelle du Sénégal a été choquée au delà des mots après que le corps d’un gay ait été exhume du cimetière local de la ville de Thiès, à 70 km à l’Est de Dakar.
LES HSH ONT EGALEMENT DROIT A LA PREVENTION ET AUX TRAITEMENTS
by Mask Admin 4/9/2009
SENEGAL- 13 Août 2009: au cours d’une conférence sur « VIH et SIDA et homosexualité au Sénégal : L’état de la Recherche Interdisciplinaire » les universitaires et officiels du ministère de la santé au Sénégal ont déclarés que la dépénalisation de l’homosexualité en est une question de santé publique.
LES ARRESTATIONS ARBITRAIRES DES LGBTI SE MULTIPLIENT AU SENEGAL
by Jerina Chendze Messie 4/9/2009
SENEGAL – 21 Août 2009: L’augmentation des arrestations arbitraires au Sénégal a poussée la Commission Internationale des Droits de l’Homme des Gays et Lesbiennes et l’organisation Innercircle a demander à ce qu’une action soit entreprise afin de renverser cette tendance.
LGBTI ARBITRARY ARRESTS ON THE INCREASE - SENEGAL
by Mongezi Mhlongo 21/8/2009
SENEGAL – 21 August 2009: The bothersome increase of arbitrary arrests in Senegal has prompted The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and the Inner Circle to call for immediate action to curb this escalating trend.
 MSM HAVE A RIGHT TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT-CAMARA by Mask Admin 13/8/2009
SHOCK AS GAY MAN IS EXHUMED FROM A “STRAIGHT ONLY” CEMETERY by Mask Admin 7/7/2009
‘GAY’JAIL TERMS OVERTURNED by Mask Admin 20/4/2009
SENEGAL: NINE MEN CONTEST HOMOPHOBIC JUDGMENT by Mask Admin 8/4/2009
senegal denies prosecuting homosexuals by Mongezi Mhlongo 2/3/2009
health leaders call on senegal to release 9 gay men arrested by Mask Admin 15/1/2009
senegalese anti-gay protesters teargased by Mask Admin 19/2/2008
senegalese homosexuals face torture after release by Abeli Zahabu 18/2/2008
iglhrc denounces mass arrest of gays in dakar by Mask Admin 5/2/2008
circumcision message could confuse gay community by Mask Admin 9/8/2007
j 'ai dit à ma femme que je suis hommosexuel après dix ans by Mask Admin 4/8/2005
senegal's gay community confronts social taboos by Mask Admin 21/1/2005
gays fight to be included in anti-aids campaigns by Mask Admin 13/1/2005
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