Authorities in
Gambia arrested two Spanish men for allegedly making
"homosexual proposals" to taxi drivers on Friday, according
to the International Herald Tribune.
The Spaniards
were taken into custody after taxi drivers reported being
solicited by them, according to police spokesman Sulayman
Secka.
"They are helping
the police in their investigation," Secka told the
Herald Tribune, but he declined to give
further details on the incident or say when the men may
be released.
The arrests come
less than three weeks after Gambia's president, Yahya
Jammeh, ordered that all homosexuals leave the West African
nation. Jammeht, on a televised interview, threatened
to "cut off the head" of anyone found to be gay.
Gay sex is
illegal in Gambia, and anyone convicted of engaging
in it faces up to 14 years in jail. (The
Advocate)
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