Senegal: Brutal Crackdown Violates LGBT People's Rights
The Senegalese Constitution and international human rights law applicable in Senegal guarantee fundamental rights, including equal protection before the law and non-discrimination; the right to effective legal representation and the presumption of innocence; the rights to privacy and to informed consent to medical treatment; freedom from torture and other ill-treatment, and the right to a fair trial within a reasonable time.
Forced HIV Testing; Disclosure of Medical Information RADDHO and HIV Justice Network told Human Rights Watch that the authorities have forced most detainees to undergo HIV testing and, when the results were positive, charged them with "deliberate HIV transmission" and "endangering the lives of others" in addition to offenses under article 319 of the amended penal code.
A lawyer in Dakar told Human Rights Watch that many of those arrested on homosexuality-related charges remain in pretrial detention because prosecutors have added supplementary charges, including criminal association, endangering the life of others, deliberate HIV transmission, and drug trafficking.
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