Two men from the town of Darou Mousty were
convicted in mid-August of illegal sexual acts "against nature" and
jailed for two and five years respectively, IGLHRC said.
A third
man, age 17, arrested at the same time faced trial. The
situation of a fourth man arrested at the same time is unknown.
IGLHRC said "denunciations from neighbors were the only evidence against the men."
There
has been a series of anti-gay arrests in Senegal since early 2008 for
such "crimes" as "homosexuality," "incitement to debauchery,"
"corruption of good behavior," "acts against the order of nature,"
"indecent conduct" and "homosexual marriage," IGLHRC said.
The group also reported recent incidents of desecration of gay men's graves and exhumation of their bodies.
"In
May 2009, the body of 30-year old Madièye Diallo was dug up from his
grave in the town of Thiès," IGLHRC said. "After his family re-buried
him, his body was exhumed again and dumped outside the family's home.
Finally, family members buried the body in the grounds of their own
house."
Prime Minister Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye said in May that
"homosexuality ... is a sign of a crisis of values," ILGHRC said.
Senegal's penal code punishes gay sex with up to five years in prison
and a $3,000 fine.