Senegal sentences 2 gay men to 6 months in prison

Published February 1, 2014 3:16pm ET



DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A judge in Senegal sentenced two men to six months’ jail in a rare conviction of a gay couple on criminal charges.

The two were arrested after neighbors alerted police to their home in Grand Medine neighborhood of Dakar, the capital.

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