Tanzanian Anti-LGBTQ Witch Hunt Turns Up Names of 100 People to Arrest

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Gov. Paul Makonda of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania announced a witch hunt against the country's LGBTQ people on Monday by calling for them to be arrested. He is now claiming that he has received over 5,700 messages reporting "homosexuals" and "homosexual behavior" and that he has a list of over 100 LGBTQ people for arrest, reports Reuters.

Makonda is also setting up a committee of 17 people to identify LGBTQ Tanzanians on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook and to report them for subsequent arrest.

A 24-year-old Tanzanian identified as Nathan told Reuters that although the policy was not to be enacted until Monday, homes were already being raided and LGBTQ people were being arrested.

People in Tanzania are asking the rest of the world to pressure their government to abandon the anti-LGBTQ campaign and witch hunt after a previous anti-LGBTQ campaign was halted in 2016 due to foreign pressure. Tanzanian LGBTQ people ... are also asking the United Nations to give them refuge in another country.

https://www.advocate.com/world/2018/11/02/tanzanian-anti-lgbtq-witch-hunt-turns-names-100-people-arrest

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1. Disgusting.

These organized "gay bashings" are becoming more common and sever in recent years. Given who our VP is, the possibility of something like this happening here may not be too far off in the future.