Tanzania: Gay rights activist found dead
Tanzanian gay rights activist Maurice Mjomba has been found dead at his house in Dar es Salaam. Identity Kenya reports that Julius Lumanyika Kyaruzi, the coordinator at the Centre for Human Rights...
View ArticleTanzania: Police accused by Human Rights Watch of sexually assaulting LGBT...
Police in Tanzania have been accused by Human Rights Watch (HRW) of sexually assaulting LGBT citizens, sex workers and drugs users. In a new report HRW warned efforts to reduce HIV infection rates in...
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The 42 Commonwealth Nations where being gay can land you in prison
The Queen is the head of the Commonwealth of Nations, the international body that was created out of what was formerly the British Empire. The Commonwealth states that its core values are “democracy,...
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Tanzania tries to ban lube in attempt to stop ‘encouraging’ people to be gay
Tanzanian officials are attempting to ban the import and sale of lube amid a crackdown on the LGBT+ community. Reports suggest that the Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu said the ban was justified because...
View ArticleTanzania threatens to ban groups that ‘promote’ LGBT rights
Tanzania has threatened to ban any NGOs which “promote” LGBT rights. In the first public statement the Tanzanian government has made against LGBT people, it threatened to ban the non-governmental...
View ArticleTanzania suspends HIV outreach programmes because ‘homosexuality is illegal’
Tanzania has suspended programmes aimed at tackling the spread of HIV because they acknowledged the existence of homosexuality. In the East African country, sex between men is illegal and punishable by...
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Tanzania stops health centres providing HIV services because they ‘cater to...
Tanzania has stopped up to 40 privately run clinics from providing HIV-related services because they “cater to homosexuals”. Homosexual activity is illegal in the country and punishable by up to 30...
View ArticleTanzania has threatened to publish a list of gay people who ‘sell their bodies’
Tanzania’s deputy health minister has threatened to publish a list of gay people who are allegedly selling sex online. Hamisi Kigwangalla allegedly announced the plan as part of a government crack down...
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Tanzania drops its threat to publish a list of gay people who ‘sell their...
Tanzania has backed down from its threat to publish a list of gay people who are allegedly selling sex online. The deputy health minister of the African nation had made the threat last week. Hamisi...
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Tanzania launches crackdown on LGBT activists
Tanzania has launched yet another crackdown on LGBT advocates in the country, threatening to arrest and expel them from the country. The Home Affairs Minister, Mwigulu Nchemba, announced that domestic...
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The Tanzanian President thinks ‘even cows’ are anti-gay
The Tanzanian President has claimed that “even cows” disapprove of homosexuality. President John Magufuli made the outlandish claim about our bovine friends, which like thousands of other species have...
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Over 20 arrested in Zanzibar for ‘homosexual’ activities
Over 20 people have been arrested in Zanzibar after they were accused of engaging in “homosexual activities”. Authorities in the region, which is semiautonomous of Tanzania, said that over twelve women...
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12 arrested in Tanzania for ‘promoting homosexuality’
Tanzanian police have arrested 12 men in Dar es Salaam for “promoting homosexuality” as part of their ongoing crackdown. Lazaro Mambosasa head of the Dar es Salaam police force confirmed the arrests...
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Tanzania bans charity for ‘promoting homosexuality’ amid horrifying...
Tanzania has outlawed a charity that was planning a legal challenge against its homophobic purge, after arresting its executive. Earlier this week reports emerged that Tanzanian police have arrested 12...
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Tanzania deports three lawyers for ‘promoting homosexuality’
Tanzania has deported three lawyers, saying they “promoted homosexuality”. The move comes amid a wider crackdown on LGBT+ people. The South African lawyers were working with the Initiative for...
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Woman arrested for gay kiss in Tanzania after being filmed at a party
A woman from Tanzania faces jail after a video of her kissing another woman at a party went viral. The video of the woman kissing her partner and being presented with a ring went viral in the East...
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Newlywed lesbian couple faces jail in Tanzania after wedding video goes viral
A lesbian couple are facing jail in Tanzania, after a video of their wedding went viral on social media. The video of the women exchanging rings and kissing was shared thousands of times online in the...
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This Tanzanian gay rights singer is fighting homophobia with dance
For Tanzanian singer and activist Hunter Blue, dance and song are the best ways to fight discrimination. So Gay is his latest single – a rallying cry for activism in and outside the LGBT+ community....
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Tanzania governor declares hunt for gay people
The governor of Tanzania’s most-populated city, Dar es Salaam, has created a team to round up gay people. Paul Makonda urged the city’s more than four million residents to report any information they...
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Tanzania governor wants to rid Dar es Salaam of every gay person
The Tanzanian governor who established a task force to hunt down queer people has said that he intends to create “a non-gay city.” Paul Makonda, governor of Dar es Salaam—the country’s most-populated...
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Gay Tanzanians living in fear as governor launches witch-hunt
Gay people in Tanzania are terrified for their safety following Dar es Salaam governor Paul Makonda’s creation of a team to hunt them down. Experts and activists living in the city—the country’s former...
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Tanzania government distances itself from anti-gay purge
The government of Tanzania has attempted to distance itself from an anti-gay crackdown in the city of Dar es Salaam. The Tanzanian foreign ministry put out the statement responding to international...
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Tanzania anti-gay hunt: US warns American citizens over crackdown
The US Embassy in Tanzania has advised American citizens in the country to review their social media profiles, after a governor announced a crackdown on homosexuality in the city of Dar es Salaam. In a...
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10 men arrested in Tanzania for ‘being gay’
Ten men have reportedly been arrested in Tanzania, after police were tipped off about a same-sex wedding ceremony. Police raided the event at Pongwe Beach on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar and...
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Tanzanian men arrested for ‘being gay’ released on bail
10 men who were arrested last weekend in Tanzania on suspicion of engaging in homosexual activity have been released on bail, according to the Thomas Reuters Foundation. The men were arrested after...
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Tanzania minister says gay men are safe—as 10 endure anal exams
The Interior Minister of Tanzania has said gay people are not under threat, as 10 men were subjected to anal examinations to ‘prove’ their homosexuality. Alphaxard Kangi Ndege Lugola told newspaper...
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Tanzania loses $10 million in aid due to anti-gay crackdown
Tanzania has lost $10 million worth of aid money from Denmark as a consequence of its anti-gay crackdown. Danish development minister Ulla Tørnæs announced the decision on Twitter on Wednesday...
View ArticleTanzania governor who created task force to hunt gay people banned from...
A high-ranking official in Tanzania who created a task force to hunt down gay people has been banned from entering the US. Paul Makonda is the governor of Tanzania’s most-populated city, Dar es Salaam,...
View ArticleTanzania has banned lube and is forcing men into humiliating anal exams to...
Lube has been banned in Tanzania and gay men are routinely forced to undergo humiliating anal examinations in what has been described as a crackdown on the LGBT+ community. The East African country has...
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Tanzanian president John Magufuli is dead but his cruel, hateful homophobic...
Tanzania’s COVID-denying president John Magufuli, 61, has died amid speculation that he had contracted the disease. Magufuli’s death was announced on Wednesday (17 March) by the country’s...
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