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Burkina Faso's Junta passes law banning homosexuality (www.france24.com)

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Junta-run Burkina Faso has passed a law banning homosexuality and instituting punishments of up to five years in jail, the latest in a clutch of African nations to pass anti-gay legislation.

"The law provides for a prison sentence of between two and five years as well as fines," Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala said on national broadcaster RTB.

"If a person is a perpetrator of homosexual or similar practices, all the bizarre behaviour, they will go before the judge," he said, adding that foreign nationals would be deported under the law.

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True. However, sanctions don't have the power to disrupt these countries as it did before.

Right now, (this is entirely my speculation) the imperialist are trying to attack solidarity for Burkina Faso within Western countries(this wouldn't be the first time because they have done this against the Palestinian resistance). However, I am confident that our queer comrades within Burkina Faso will organize along with the current pro-women organizations such as this one to fight the conservative and religious, Coalition to Act Against Gender-Based Violence (Faso CAC-VBG).

[–] nocturnedragonite@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

I have confidence that they'll turn things around as well, Cuba has already set an example that I feel our Burkinabe comrades will follow in their own way.