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Law regarding same-sex sexual activity

LGBT in Islam:
Law in Mauritania is based in Islamic Sharia. According to the Article 308 of the 1983 Criminal Code, "Any adult Muslim man who commits an impudent or unnatural act with an individual of his sex will face the penalty of death by public stoning" (Rajm). Women face prison between three months to two years imprisonment, and a fine of 5,000 to 60,000 Mauritanian Ouguiya.

LGBT Rights

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Mauritania face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Mauritania. Muslim men who have sex with men face stoning to death, though there have been no known cases of executions caused by homosexuality charges in the country; whereas women who have sex with women face prison.

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21 November, 2014 1:47PM EST
' Gambia: Life Sentence for 'Aggravated Homosexuality'
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Yayah Toure

November 18, 2014 12:00 am

Gambia must stop wave of homophobic arrests and torture.
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  Tue 9 Sep 2014 00.18 BST
  
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