Niger military junta introduces new penal code criminalizing homosexuality with 5-10 years in prison (opens in new tab)

Niger’s military junta announced a new penal code that criminalizes homosexuality, an adviser to the justice minister said Friday. The West African nation is the latest to criminalize homosexuality, following similar measures earlier this year in Senegal. The new penal code punishes anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or […] The post appeared first on <a href="