DAKAR — Several hundred protesters rallied Sunday in Dakar to demand that homosexuality be made a crime in Senegal, according to AFP journalists.
It is not illegal to identify as gay in the deeply conservative Muslim nation, but same-sex activity is already punishable by up to five years in prison.
Religious leaders and civil-society figures addressed hundreds of jubilant protesters, who had gathered in a central square for the rally organized by And Samm Jikko Yi, a civil-society collective that promotes “correct values”.
Ousmane Kouta, a representative of a student religious group, told the crowd that Senegal is a country of faith and values.
“It is homophobic and wil…
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