Senegal intensifies crackdown on homosexuality, charges 71

Senegal has charged 71 men with “unnatural acts” as it intensifies a crackdown on homosexuality, the public prosecutor’s office said late Friday.The men were brought before a court while 28 other defendants have had charges against them dropped entirely, according to a statement.In March, Senegal passed a new law doubling the penalties for homosexual relations, which are now punishable by five to ten years in jail.Recent months have seen more than 100 people, including some lo