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Senegal arrests top 320 as LGBTQ+ people go into hiding

Human Rights Watch says the arrests began in February after the law was toughened, and include forced HIV testing and barriers to legal representation for those detained.

On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on Best of BBN
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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Dakar, Human Rights Watch says more than three hundred twenty people have been arrested since February on allegations of acts against nature, and many are now in hiding.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe report also describes forced HIV testing and barriers to legal representation for those detained, after the law was toughened.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorArrests, forced testing, no lawyer. That is a lot of state attention for something the government says is not its business.

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