Freed Gay Activists Flee Senegal Lynch Mob

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 25, 2009 7:50 PM CDT

(Newser) – Gay AIDS activists in Senegal are fleeing a mob that vows to turn them into "fish food," GlobalPost reports. Arrested late last year, the nine activists were sentenced to 8-year terms for “indecent acts against nature," but an appeals... Read full story »

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