Gambia's National Assembly has passed a bill which sentences homosexuals to a life imprisonment. According to Gambian government officials the bill hands life sentences for "aggravated homosexuality", minority leader Samba Jallow told The Associated Press. That is a charge levelled at repeat offenders and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Jallow said that while his National Reconciliation Party did not condone homosexuality, he voted against the bill along with one other lawmaker.
"In our view, [homosexuals] did not commit a crime worthy of life imprisonment or any treasonable offense", he said.
Homosexual acts were already punishable by up to 14 years in prison under a Gambian law that was amended in 2005 to apply to women in addition to men.
The bill now awaits approval by President Yahya Jammeh, an autocratic ruler who in 2008 instructed gays and lesbians to leave the country or risk having their heads cut off.
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