Men spected of 'beg gay' Zanzibar released on bail: police, lawyer | Rters

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• TANZANIA: 10 MEN ARRTED ZANZIBAR FOR BEG ‘GAY’
• MEN SPECTED OF 'BEG GAY' ZANZIBAR RELEASED ON BAIL: POLICE, LAWYER
• ADVICE FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) TRAVELLERS ZANZIBAR
• TANZANIA: 10 MEN ARRTED ZANZIBAR FOR BEG ‘GAY’
• GAY ZANZIBAR
• GAY ZANZIBAR TRAVEL GUI
• TEN MEN ARRTED ZANZIBAR ON SPICN OF BEG GAY AFTER POLICE RAID ALLEGED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

TANZANIA: 10 MEN ARRTED ZANZIBAR FOR BEG ‘GAY’

Ten men have been arrted on spicn of beg gay on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar after police received a “tip-off” om members of the public about a same-sex marriage takg place, Amnty Internatnal has revealed. The arrts e after a proment Tanzanian polician last week lled on the public to report the nam of spected gay men to the police – ments subsequently nounced by the ernment. Amnty Internatnal has tablished that the men were arrted for allegedly nductg a gay marriage, wh police sayg they found the men stg pairs “two by two”.

On 29 October, Dar Salaam’s Regnal Commissner Pl Makonda announced plans to form a ernment taskforce to hunt down people believed to be lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or tersex (LGBTI), due to beg s “work” on 5 November. NAIROBI (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Ten men arrted for beg volved homosexual activy Zanzibar were released on bail on Thursday, said a senr police official and their lawyer, addg that the cint was still beg vtigated and the men uld be charged the future. Homosexual acts are illegal Tanzania and s Indian Ocean archipelago of Zanzibar.

Male offenrs n face up to 25 years jail on the tropil island which draws hundreds of thoands of tourists to s palm-ged beach men were arrted late on Saturday when police raid a party at a beach rort on Zanzibar’s ma island Unguja followg a tip-off that a gay marriage was takg place.

MEN SPECTED OF 'BEG GAY' ZANZIBAR RELEASED ON BAIL: POLICE, LAWYER

“We are however ntug our vtigatn and if we fd evince, they uld be rearrted and charged, ” he told the Thomson Rters Foundatn by phone om arrts e jt days after a senr ernment official Tanzania’s ma cy Dar Salaam lled on the public to report the nam of spected homosexual people for arrt - sparkg fear and panic wh the LGBT+ planned anti-gay mpaign prompted the European Unn to rell s envoy Tanzania as reviews relatns wh the east Ain natn, and also sparked the Uned Stat to warn s cizens to be ut of Tanzania’s laws on homosexualy. “I have alt wh many such s and given the high level of homophobia the untry, I don’t thk this will be the end for my clients, ” said the lawyer, who did not wish to disclose his name fearg for his own secury.

”Tanzania has had a reputatn for beg more tolerant than s neighbor Uganda but, sce Print John Magufuli me to power three years ago, mpaigners say anizatns supportg gay people have been shut down and activists have been June last year, Magufuli said that “even ws” disapprove of group Amnty Internatnal lled on thori to end persecutn of the LGBT+ muny. Read 2 mutTwenty people have been arrted on Tanzania’s semi-tonomo archipelago Zanzibar for alleged homosexualy, a police official said Saturday, the latt crackdown on the untry’s gay muny. “They are implited homosexualy.

In Febary, Tanzania announced was stoppg many privately n health centr om providg AIDS-related servic, which Health Mister Ummy Mwalimu said promoted homosexualy. Gay male sex is punishable by anythg om 30 years to life imprisonment unr Tanzanian law, but there is no such ban on lbian relatns.

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However, policians had largely ignored the gay muny – which was not subject to levels of discrimatn seen other untri such as neighbourg Uganda – until a recent spike anti-gay rhetoric by the ernment. On Friday, puty health mister Hamisi Kgwangalla vowed ont of parliament to “fight wh all our strength agast groups supportg homosexualy our untry”. Government has past month vowed to port foreigners who “mpaign for homosexualy”.

Dozens of men spected of beg gay have been taed and taken to hospal for anal exams to nfirm their homosexualy. In July last year the ernment banned the import and sal of sexual lubrints, which Health Mister Ummy Mwalimu said enuraged homosexualy which led to the spread of HIV/AIDS. Homosexualy is illegal 38 of 54 untri Ai, and is punishable by ath Mrania, Sudan and Somalia, acrdg to Amnty Internatnal.

Uganda 2014 tried to impose the ath penalty on those found guilty of beg homosexual, however the ntroversial law was later repealed. Advice for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) Travellers Zanzibar.

TANZANIA: 10 MEN ARRTED ZANZIBAR FOR BEG ‘GAY’

” or is Zanzibar gay-iendly? Homosexual behavur, such as kissg public plac, is not tolerated unr the law and uld lead to arrt. The followg year, 2016, the Tanzanian ernment spend AIDS programs aimed at homosexual men, wh the closg of HIV clics soon after.

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The primary cint we have heard about occurred when a married, gay uple (not travelg wh Expert Ai) wh the same surname on their passports were asked what their relatnship was. A recent survey Tanzania found that 95% of participants felt that homosexual behavur should not be tolerated society.

This is equally as applible to heterosexual or homosexual displays, and the advice jt as relevant and around Stone Town, as is small, ral villag. So regardls of a staff member’s personal views, the very seldom impact on our travellers, or g tensns or early 2023 we did have one gay uple visg Zanzibar who reported that they were “ma to feel very unfortable” by one staff member at a lodge who didn’t teract wh them as he had wh other guts. Incintally, we’d always advise our travellers, gay and straight, to behave fairly nservatively while on Zanzibar – avoidg any public displays of affectn.

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Further sourc of adviceA few of the most obv sourc of advice for LGBT travellers to Zanzibar are:The UK foreign & Commonwealth office (FCO) provis general LGBT foreign travel advice for all Tanzania lol laws and ctoms page which is eful readg for all travellers to Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) provis rmatn on the laws of untri worldwi, focsed around a seri of summery Wikipedia entry on LGBT rights Ai is extensive, wh a good untry-by-untry summary table. Nairobi - Twenty people have been arrted on Tanzania's semi-tonomo archipelago Zanzibar for alleged homosexualy, a police official said Saturday, the latt crackdown on the untry's gay muny. "They are implited homosexualy.

TEN MEN ARRTED ZANZIBAR ON SPICN OF BEG GAY AFTER POLICE RAID ALLEGED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Campaign for homosexualy However, policians had largely ignored the gay muny - which was not subject to levels of discrimatn seen other untri such as neighbourg Uganda - until a recent spike anti-gay rhetoric by the Friday, puty health mister Hamisi Kgwangalla vowed ont of parliament to "fight wh all our strength agast groups supportg homosexualy our untry". Government has past month vowed to port foreigners who "mpaign for homosexualy" of men spected of beg gay have been taed and taken to hospal for anal exams to nfirm their July last year the ernment banned the import and sal of sexual lubrints, which Health Mister Ummy Mwalimu said enuraged homosexualy which led to the spread of HIV/AIDS. On October 29, Dar Salaam’s Regnal Coordator Pl Makonda announced plans to form a ernment taskforce to hunt down people believed to be lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or tersex (LGBTI), due to beg s “work” on November 5.

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