{"id":261197,"date":"2017-09-16T16:22:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T20:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=261197"},"modified":"2020-12-17T11:46:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:46:13","slug":"zanzibar-arrests-20-over-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/th\/zanzibar-arrests-20-over-homosexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"Zanzibar arrests 20 over homosexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Boycott tourism and products from all these primitive barbaric countries!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Twenty people have been arrested on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar for alleged homosexuality, police say.<\/p>\n

The 12 women and eight men were picked up in a hotel where they were receiving training about HIV\/Aids education programmes.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, authorities banned many private health clinics from providing HIV\/Aids services, saying they encouraged gay sex.<\/p>\n

Homosexuality is a crime in Tanzania.<\/p>\n

Regional police commander Hassan Ali Nasri said on state television: “They are implicated in homosexuality. We arrested them and are busy interrogating them. The police cannot turn a blind eye to this practice.”<\/p>\n

On Friday, Deputy Health Minister Hamisi Kingwangalla vowed in front of parliament to “fight with all our strength against groups supporting homosexuality in our country,” AFP news agency reports.<\/p>\n

In July 2016, the government banned the import and sales of sexual lubricants, with Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu saying it encouraged homosexuality which led to the spread of HIV\/Aids, AFP adds.<\/p>\n

Gay male sex is punishable by up to 30 years in jail in the country.<\/p>\n

Despite the ban on homosexuality, Tanzania was until recently somewhat more tolerant towards gay people than many other African countries, but a rise in anti-gay rhetoric by the government has led to a spike in discrimination, correspondents say.<\/p>\n

In July,\u00a0human rights group Amnesty International\u00a0said the authorities were “arresting and prosecuting people on homosexuality-related charges, and subjecting them to forced anal examinations”.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-41292920<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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