Thursday, 19 October 2017

TANZANIA: 12 Arrested for "homosexuality" in Dar es Salaam

- Police in Tanzanian on Wednesday said they had arrested 12 men, including two South Africans and a Ugandan, for presumed homosexuality as part of an ongoing crackdown against gays.
"We arrested the criminals at (the hotel) Peacock — they were promoting homosexuality. Two are South Africans, one Ugandan and nine Tanzanians," Dar es Salaam police head Lazaro Mambosasa said at a weekly press conference.
"Tanzanian law forbids this act between people of the same sex, it is a violation of our country's laws," said Mambosasa.
- He added the hotel manager was among those arrested for "providing a room" for the others.
                                                                             



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