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Zanzibar arrests 20 over homosexuality
Source: BBC
Zanzibar arrests 20 over homosexuality
16 September 2017 Africa
Twenty people have been arrested on Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar for alleged homosexuality, police say.
The 12 women and eight men were picked up in a hotel where they were receiving training about HIV/Aids education programmes.
Earlier this year, authorities banned many private health clinics from providing HIV/Aids services, saying they encouraged gay sex.
Homosexuality is a crime in Tanzania.
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."
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16 September 2017 Africa
Twenty people have been arrested on Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar for alleged homosexuality, police say.
The 12 women and eight men were picked up in a hotel where they were receiving training about HIV/Aids education programmes.
Earlier this year, authorities banned many private health clinics from providing HIV/Aids services, saying they encouraged gay sex.
Homosexuality is a crime in Tanzania.
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."
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41292920
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