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Rwanda
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Gays mistreated in Rwanda - AI

afrol News - Amnesty International has said Rwandan gays and lesbians face serious hostilities, harassment and intimidation in the East African state.

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Senegal
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Amnesty International begs for protection of alleged gay men

afrol News - Amnesty International has pleaded with the Senegalese government to protect nine men who had been acquitted on charges of homosexuality fearing the possible homophobic attacks in the Islamic dominated West African state.

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» Senegalese gay men appeal a homophobic sentence
» Burundi senators reject bill criminalising homosexuality
» UN calls for release of convicted gay men in Senegal
» Gays fear for life after harsh sentencing of nine

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Somalis
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Soul mates: The price of being gay in Somalia

afrol News - Afdhere Jama talks to a Somali gay couple that has staid together since their childhood in Mogadishu in the 1980s. Abdulle and Sakariye escaped the marriages arranged by their parents and sought freedom in the "liberal" town of Shalaamboot. But "freedom" came at a higher price than the young couple expected.

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Algeria
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Holy hatred: Homosexuality in Muslim countries

afrol News - Anissa Helie, with Algerian and French background, analyses the rights situation of gays and lesbians in the Muslim world in this article previously published in the New Internationalist.

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