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afrol News, 5 June - Three local homosexual activists were arrested yesterday morning by the Uganda Police Force at the 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting currently taking place in Kampala, Uganda. Human rights groups now fear for the safety of the three activists.

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Gambia
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Gambia frees "gay" Spanish tourists

afrol News, 4 June - The two Spanish tourists arrested on Friday in The Gambia, accused of having made "dishonest propositions" to engage into homosexual relationships, yesterday were released without charges and are preparing their return to Spain.

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Gambia
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Gambian police arrests "gay tourists"

afrol News, 3 June - Two suspected gay Spanish tourists - Pere Joan, 56, and Juan Monpserratrusau, 54 - were arrested and detained by Gambian police in Kotu, 10 km from the capital Banjul.

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Egypt
Health | Gay - Lesbian | Human rights
Egypt court upholds HIV sentences

afrol News, 29 May - A Cairo appeals court has decided to uphold the sentences imposed on five men jailed in a crackdown on people living with HIV/AIDS. A total of nine HIV positive men have been sentenced to prison so far, the courts seeing them as a threat to the public.

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Gambia
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IGLHRC tackles Gambian leader

afrol News, 26 May - An international gay and lesbian rights body has got a beef with Gambian President Yahya Jammeh over his discriminatory remarks against homosexuals, ordering him to "immediately retract" his statements.

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» 20.05.2008 - Doom awaits gays in Gambia
» 20.05.2008 - African gays "face persecution and violence"
» 10.04.2008 - Tutu condemns gay persecution
» 27.02.2008 - Activists petition Morocco
» 25.02.2008 - Senegalese homosexuals flee
» 18.02.2008 - Senegalese anti-gay protesters teargased
» 13.02.2008 - Senegal urged to legalise gay
» 07.02.2008 - 'Stop criminalizing HIV'
» 19.10.2007 - Cry for Ugandan gays
» 10.10.2007 - Joburg Pride magnetises thousands
» 22.08.2007 - Ugandans defend gay sex ban
» 10.08.2007 - 18 gay Nigerians remanded
» 05.03.2007 - Homophobia in Africa "accelerates AIDS spread"
» 01.03.2007 - Nigeria's anti-gay bill causes protests
» 12.12.2006 - South Africa remains lesbian-bashing society
» 11.10.2006 - UN condemns anti-gay laws of Cameroon
» 08.09.2006 - Ugandan media's gay outing could trigger crackdown
» 03.05.2006 - Cameroon refuses to release acquitted homosexuals
» 21.02.2006 - Cameroon papers outing gays called "hate media"
» 25.07.2005 - 17 homosexuals face charges in Cameroon
» 08.07.2005 - Death sentence for homosexual act in Nigeria
» 03.01.2005 - "Killer" of Sierra Leone lesbian activist charged
» 01.12.2004 - Persecution of gays intensifies in Uganda
» 05.10.2004 - Murder of Sierra Leone's lesbian activist condemned
» 07.07.2004 - Desmond Tutu: "Homophobia equals apartheid"
» 01.03.2004 - Torture of Egyptian gays turns systematic
» 02.09.2003 - Ugandan Church attacks gay community
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