VRT News reports on Senegal's first conviction under a recently strengthened anti-LGBTQ law — a 24-year-old received 6 years and a €3,000+ fine. The core facts are solid: the law was tightened last month with harsher penalties (5-10 years imprisonment, up to €15,000 fines), and the conviction is documented. The claim about 300 arrests relies on Senegalese media reports cited in the article but cannot be independently confirmed from the search results, making that figure unverifiable. The story is well-sourced from the original article but lacks broader international corroboration.