A “reprehensible act was committed against an individual; whose private life we have no responsibility.” It is in these terms that the Caliph General of Léona Niassene condemned what happened in his locality on Saturday, where individuals exhumed and burned the body of a person considered to be a homosexual.

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Human rights organizations condemn an “act which violates the dignity of the deceased”this act which violates the dignity of the deceased and of his familythe judicial authorities, who have already taken action, to seek out the perpetrators and bring them to justice in a fair trial.mayors have the obligation to issue a burial permit to the relatives of any deceased person and to ensure the security of cemeteriesBy Dieynaba KANE / dkane@lequotidien.sn

  • Translation by Ndey T. SOSSEH