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Burkina Faso’s Transitional Parliament Criminalizes Homosexuality, Setting Prison Terms and Fines

Officials cast the move as a family and citizenship reform advanced under the junta’s transitional rule.

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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 10: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'SERGEY BOBYLEV / HOST PHOTO AGENCY RIA NOVOSTI / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) President of Russia Vladimir Putin meets with President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traor during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War in Moscow, Russia on May 10, 2025. (Photo by Sergey Bobylev / RIA Novosti/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Overview

  • The chamber voted unanimously on Monday to adopt an amended family code, and state TV said the measure took effect immediately.
  • Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala said offenders face two to five years in prison and fines, and that foreign nationals will be deported.
  • The provision was previously approved by the military government led by Capt. Ibrahim Traoré and was enacted by an unelected parliament installed in 2022.
  • Authorities say the change will be promoted through an awareness campaign and present it as recognizing marriage and family values.
  • Rights groups warn the step compounds a broader clampdown since the 2022 coup and places Burkina Faso within a wider regional pattern of anti-LGBTQ+ laws.