Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko today condemned Western ‘tyranny’ in wanting to ‘impose’ homosexuality ‘on the rest of the world’ and rejected any attempt to stop the application of a new law toughening sentences for same-sex relations.
LGBTQ issues have stirred controversy in Muslim-majority Senegal in recent years and gay rights advocacy is frequently denounced as a tool used by Westerners to impose foreign values.
In late March, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye signed into law legislation doubling the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, amid a crackdown on the country’s gay community.
