'Public lynching': Senegal cracks down on LGBTQ+ communityThe repression of LGBTQ+ people is politically advantageous in Senegal, where it is widely regarded as deviant. What they are doing is public lynching," a human rights defender told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on condition of anonymity. Some of those detained have faced accusations of deliberately transmitting HIV, fuelling further fierce debate about same-sex relations. The LGBTQ+ community has been "traumatised", the human rights defender said. The climate of regular discrimination has become unbearable for the LGBTQ+ community in the country, activists contacted by AFP said.

Source: Bangkok Post February 26, 2026 08:06 UTC