Feb 04, 2008Quickie Link: Arrests for Senegal 'Gay Wedding'
By vanrozenheim
(Senegal) - Police in Senegal have arrested several men following the publication of pictures claiming to depict a wedding ceremony between two men. The pictures were published in Icone magazine, whose editor, Mansour Dieng, has since received death threats. Mr Dieng has also been questioned by police over the issue. Homosexuality is illegal in Senegal but it is not clear whether the arrests were in connection with the ceremony or the death threats. The BBC's Tidiane Sy in Senegal said that at least five of the men arrested appeared in the photographs. The ceremony is believed to have involved a Senegalese man and another from Ghana or the Ivory Coast, who has not yet been found.
