The News Review:
- 9 in Senegal to Be Jailed for 8 Years
- 19 jailed in Senegal after deadly riots
- Congo militia attack park station kill ranger
- Senegal prepares for CHAN
- WRLD IN BRIEF: Indonesians flee quake
9 in Senegal to Be Jailed for 8 Years
New York Times United States
The men were arrested on Dec. 19 at the home of Diadji Diouf a prominent gay activist who works with AIDS organizations to prevent the spread of the disease in the largely clandestine gay community in Senegal according to Jöel Nana a program associate for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. Diouf who was among those arrested and sentenced runs an organization that provides condoms and counseling to gay men in Senegal a largely Muslim country that has become increasingly intolerant of homosexuality in recent years despite its reputation for liberalism and openness.
19 jailed in Senegal after deadly riots
AFP
“ut of 28 defendants 10 were given 10 years each three got seven years and (six) five years” Demba Cire Bathily told AFP. Another nine defendants were acquitted overnight by the court in Tambacounda 460 kilometres (285 miles) east of Dakar. They were on trial there because the local courthouse in Kedougou was burnt down during the riots last month. Bathily called the sentences “disproportionate” and claimed that some defendants had been tortured in police custody.
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Congo militia attack park station kill ranger
The Associated Press
So-called Mai Mai militiamen attacked a group of seven rangers in a government-controlled sector in the far north of Virunga National park for several hours Thursday night the park said in a statement. The assault took place north of Lake Edward around Mount Tshiaberimu a region home to a critically endangered population of 18 eastern lowland gorillas. “We are deeply saddened by the loss” said park director Emmanuel de Merode. “The rangers of Virunga are more determined than ever to protect the gorillas in our care and we will ensure that the law is brought to bear on the perpetrators of this attack.
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Senegal prepares for CHAN
Le Mali en ligne Mali
Three other regroupings are in the programme with friendly matches against Gamb ia Mali Guinea Ghana or Libya. The team will then jet out 16 February to Cote d’Ivoire to put final touches to its preparation before the commencement of the competition with its first match against Tanzania. At the competition Senegal will play in the Group A along with Cote d’Ivoire Tanzania and Zambia the other group being made up of Ghana Libya the DR Congo and Zimbabwe. The matches will take place in Abidjan and Bouaké.
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WRLD IN BRIEF: Indonesians flee quake
Atlanta Journal Constitution USA
Senegal jails 9 for homosexualityNine men including a prominent activist have been convicted of homosexual acts and sentenced to eight years in prison in the West African nation of Senegal. Diadji Diouf who heads an organization that provides HIV prevention services to gay men in the country and the others were arrested last month in a raid on Diouf’s apartment a lawyer said. The arrests came just weeks after Senegal hosted an international AIDS conference that included gay lesbian bisexual and transgender participants. The primarily Muslim nation is one of 38 countries on the continent that criminalize homosexual acts. Chinese activist gets 6 years’ jailA 65-year-old democracy activist who tried to set up an opposition party in China has been sentenced to six years in jail Chinese Human Rights Defenders said Thursday. A court in Hangzhou a prosperous city in eastern Zhejiang province sentenced Wang Rongqing on Wednesday on charges of subverting state power for organizing the banned China Democracy Party.