guinea
about guinea
official name:
Republic of Guinea
capital:
Conakry
head of state: President Lansana Conte
state: multi party
population: 7,6 million
independence: France in 1958
languages: French (official)
religion: Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%
currency: Guinean franc (GNF)
media: Guinea
News
legal wise
status of homosexuality:
illegal
age of consent: 15
laws covering homosexual activity: The relevant sections of the
Penal Code are set out below in English translation:
Guinea Conakry
Paragraph 3: Public
Indecency
Article 325: Any
idecent act or act against nature committed with an individual of the
same sex will be punished by six months to three years of imprisonment
and a fine of 100 000 to 1 000 000 Guinean francs.
If the act was committed
with a minor under 21 years of age, the maximum penalty must be pronounced.
If the act was consummated
or attempted with violence, the guilty person will be condemned to five
to ten years of imprisonment.
Article 326: A public
indecency is defined as any intentional act committed publicly and likely
to offend the decency and the moral sentiments of those who are its
inadvertent witnesses.
Article 327: Any
person that has committed a public indecency will be punished by three
months to two years of imprisonment and a fine of 50 000 to 450 000
Guinean francs or simply by one of these two punishments.
When an indecent
act is committed by a group of iindividuals, the penalties described
in the first paragraph of the current article will be doubled.
(Source: - Bernard
Scholl - 14 June 1999) ILGA. French
original
background information
and government attitudes: NA
communication
mainline telephones:
20,000 (1997)
cellular telephones: 2, 868 (1997)
internet country code: .gn
internet service providers: 1 (2000)
internet users: 5, 000 (2000)
links and contacts
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