Homosexuality in Tanzania

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Tanzania

Homosexuality is taboo in Tanzania and homosexual acts are punished by the state.

illegality

Homosexual acts are illegal in Tanzania according to the penal code under paragraphs 138 A, 154 and 157. On the mainland, the old colonial law applies, which provides for sexual intercourse between men up to 14 years imprisonment as the maximum. Sex between women is not punishable on the mainland.

The island of Zanzibar belongs to the state of Tanzania, but has its own legislation, which since April 13, 2004 provides for 25 years in prison for men and up to 7 years for women.

According to the human rights organization Human Rights Watch , the Tanzanian government has been cracking down on homosexuality since 2016 . In Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar in particular, allegedly gay and lesbian people are arrested again and again.

Anti-discrimination laws

There is no anti-discrimination law in Tanzania.

Recognition of same-sex couples

State recognition of same-sex couples does not exist in the form of same-sex marriage or in a registered partnership .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Standard: Zanzibar - Shadows in Paradise
  2. ↑ Amnesty International: Tanzania, Annual Report 2005
  3. ^ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): Homosexuals arrested in Zanzibar | DW | 07/11/2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018 .