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Zanzibar arrests 20 over homosexuality

Posted on September 16, 2017

Source: BBC News

Zanzibar arrests 20 over homosexuality

"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."

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