Current Version
Region | Tanzania |
Issue | Homosexual activity |
Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
Start Date | Jul 1, 2008 |
End Date | Sep 8, 2018 |
Description | 5- 30 years in prison and fine. 5-25 years in Zanzibar. Rarely enforced. |
Sources | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/09/06/homosexuality-illegal-countries-gay-sex-india/ |
Revision History (21)
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End Date | Aug 20, 2018 | Sep 8, 2018 |
Sources | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/09/06/homosexuality-illegal-countries-gay-sex-india/ |
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End Date | Aug 1, 2018 | Aug 20, 2018 |
Note | 5- 30 years in prison and fine. 5-25 years in Zanzibar. Legal in some regions. | 5- 30 years in prison and fine. 5-25 years in Zanzibar. Rarely enforced. |
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Value | Male illegal, female legal | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
Note | 5- 30 years in prison and fine. 5-25 years in Zanzibar. | 5- 30 years in prison and fine. 5-25 years in Zanzibar. Legal in some regions. |
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End Date | Jul 23, 2018 | Aug 1, 2018 |
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End Date | Jul 20, 2018 | Jul 23, 2018 |
Note | 5- 30 years in prison and fine. | 5- 30 years in prison and fine. 5-25 years in Zanzibar. |
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Value | Legal | Male illegal, female legal |
Note | 5- 25 years in prison in Zanzibar. | 5- 30 years in prison and fine. |
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Value | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) | Legal |
End Date | Jul 12, 2018 | Jul 20, 2018 |
Note | 5 to 25 prison under unnatural/indecent acts. not enforced. | 5- 25 years in prison in Zanzibar. |
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End Date | Jun 24, 2018 | Jul 12, 2018 |
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End Date | Jun 18, 2018 | Jun 24, 2018 |
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End Date | Jun 2, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 |
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End Date | May 5, 2018 | Jun 2, 2018 |
Note | 5 to 25 prison under unnatural/indecent acts. Since Mid-2016 military has been cracking down on gay people. Police arrested a lesbian couple for kissing. | 5 to 25 prison under unnatural/indecent acts. not enforced. |
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Note | five to 25 prison under unnatural/indecent acts. Since Mid-2016 military has been cracking down on gay people. Police arrested a lesbian couple for kissing. | 5 to 25 prison under unnatural/indecent acts. Since Mid-2016 military has been cracking down on gay people. Police arrested a lesbian couple for kissing. |
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End Date | Apr 25, 2018 | May 5, 2018 |
Note | thirty years to life in prison under unnatural/indecent acts. Since Mid-2016 military has been cracking down on gay people. Police arrested a lesbian couple for kissing. | five to 25 prison under unnatural/indecent acts. Since Mid-2016 military has been cracking down on gay people. Police arrested a lesbian couple for kissing. |
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End Date | Apr 1, 2018 | Apr 25, 2018 |
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End Date | Feb 12, 2018 | Apr 1, 2018 |
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Note | thirty years to life in prison under unnatural/indecent acts. Since Mid-2016 military has been cracking down on gay people. | thirty years to life in prison under unnatural/indecent acts. Since Mid-2016 military has been cracking down on gay people. Police arrested a lesbian couple for kissing. |
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Sources | https://lgbt-rights-hrw.silk.co/ | https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/world_report_download/201801world_report_web.pdf |
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End Date | Sep 6, 2017 | Feb 12, 2018 |
Note | thirty years to life in prison under unnatural/indecent acts. | thirty years to life in prison under unnatural/indecent acts. Since Mid-2016 military has been cracking down on gay people. |
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End Date | Mar 19, 2017 | Sep 6, 2017 |
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End Date | Feb 12, 2017 | Mar 19, 2017 |
Revision by Ausyk
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End Date | Jun 21, 2014 | Feb 12, 2017 |
Note | 14 years in prison. | thirty years to life in prison under unnatural/indecent acts. |
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Sources | No | https://lgbt-rights-hrw.silk.co/ |
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Start Date | (NONE) | Jul 1, 2008 |