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afrol News, 8 April - The defence lawyers of nine Senegalese men who were sentenced to eight years in jail in January, have appealed the sentences before the Dakar Court of Appeal saying the accusations were baseless without the material and tangible prove.

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» 05.12.2008 - African gays unite to demand AIDS treatment
» 27.11.2008 - EU "shocked" by Burundi's gay criminalisation
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» 20.05.2008 - African gays "face persecution and violence"
» 29.11.2007 - Somali gay bloggers receive death threats
» 19.10.2007 - Cry for Ugandan gays
» 03.05.2007 - Battle over sexual offences bill in Mauritius
» 01.03.2007 - Nigeria's anti-gay bill causes protests
» 29.01.2007 - South Africa's gays give media failing grade
» 30.11.2006 - Gay marriage now legal in South Africa
» 24.11.2006 - Homosexuality now debated all over Africa
» 14.11.2006 - South Africa legalises same-sex weddings
» 01.11.2006 - Mozambique discovers its gay minority
» 20.10.2006 - Marriage bill frustrates SA's same-sex couples
» 05.09.2006 - Ghana turns down homosexuals' bid for recognition
» 04.09.2006 - South African bank assists on transgender IDs
» 29.03.2006 - Second Cameroon editor sentenced over "gay lists"
» 24.03.2006 - Nigeria urged not to "criminalise gay rights"
» 20.03.2006 - Uganda's gays left out of HIV/AIDS strategy
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» 12.01.2005 - Senegal's gays fight for AIDS campaign funds
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» 01.12.2004 - South African court legalises gay marriage
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