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UN rights chief criticizes legal amendment in Gambia targeting homosexuals

UN rights chief criticizes legal amendment in Gambia targeting homosexuals

New York, Nov 21 (IBNS): The top United Nations human rights official on Thursday criticized a recent amendment to the criminal code of The Gambia that creates a broad and vague offence of “aggravated homosexuality” punishable by life imprisonment, and expressed alarm at reports of a wave of arbitrary arrests and detention of individuals perceived to be homosexual in the country.