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Criminalizes Four LGBT People
Jordan
Criminalizes Four LGBT People
Four gay men, some of them transvestites, were arrested on October 23 in a park of the Jordanian capital city of Amman, the gay French magazine Tetu recently reported. The military governor of Amman, Saad Manasir, is waging a campaign against the LGBT community, according to the magazine. On several occasions he has expressed his desire to put an end to the "propagation of depravation" by using tactics of repression.
Outtraveler Staff
November 04 2008 12:00 AM EST