Gambia
Equal Rights Trust Urges President of the Gambia Not to Sign Homophobic Bill
London, 28 October 2014
The Equal Rights Trust has today written to the President of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, urging him not to sign the Criminal Code (Amendment) Bill 2014 which includes a provision criminalising “aggravated homosexuality” and punishing it with life imprisonment.
On 25 August 2014, the National Assembly of the Gambia passed the Criminal Code (Amendment) Bill which, inter alia, creates an offence of “aggravated homosexuality”, committed where a person engages in same-sex sexual activity and, for example, is a “serial offender” or has HIV. The offence is punishable by life imprisonment.
Purohit and Moore v. The Gambia, Communication No. 241/2001
This is the case summary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights decision in the case of Purohit and Moore v. The Gambia, Communication No. 241/2001.
