Tanzania Tightens Crackdown On Gay People

Dar — ES-SALAAM, (CAJ News) - TANZANIA'S authoritarian regime has come under international criticism for its plans to track and arrest people involved in same-sex relationships.

The plans come on the back of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Tanzania already been subjected to growing violence, harassment and discrimination over recent years.

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