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German National Nabbed for Alleged Homosexuality

One Peter Paul Hornberger, a German national, is reported to be arrested by the child welfare unit of the Gambia Police Force. According to Superintendent Malamin Ceesay of the Mayor Crime Unit, the suspect was arrested on 20th November 2008 for allegedly interfering with children particularly the male children. He said the victim was an 11year old boy who lives within the Greater Banjul Area. He added that the child’s parents were interviewed and statements were obtained from them, adding that...

School Principal Arraigned for Homosexuality

A school principal in one of the schools in Western Regionwas arraigned on charges of homosexuality at the Brikama Magistrates’ Courtyesterday.Alimameh Dukureh was arraigned for allegedly having analintercourse with some of his students at the school campus. Dukureh, who was arrested by the police on the 29thJuly 2008for allegedly engaging in such indecent practice on the school campus, deniedthe charges. It will be recalledthat two students from the same school have already pleaded guilty to...

Two Students Plead Guilty to Homosexuality

Two students, 15 and 17 years of age respectively (names withheld) on Thursday 29th August 2008 pleaded guilty to charges of homosexuality. They were arraigned at the Brikama Magistrates’ Court for allegedly having anal intercourse with some peers at the school campus. According to one of the accused, it is the principal of the school who inspired them to carry out such indecent practice on the school campus. The prosecutor, ASP Touray told the court that on 29th July 2008 the principal of the...

No to homosexuality

Editor, Kindly allow me space in your widely read newspaper to air my views regarding homosexuality. This practice is becoming rampant and this is the right time for us to put a halt to it. As President Alhajie Dr Yahya A.J.J Jammeh has rightly said, we should never allow such acts, and anybody caught practicing them should be dealt with seriously. I think it is the responsibility of all patriotic citizens, especially landlords, to stop harboring such people in society. Almost all of us were...

Human Rights Watch respond to President Jammeh's gay beheading threat

Presidentof The Gambia Yahya Jammeh, who in mid-May reportedly threatened toexpel or behead lesbian and gay people the country, should fullyretract his comments, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to thePresident on 10 June. President Jammeh has retracted histhreat to kill homosexual people, but not the threat to expel them, theHRW statement said. His comments, which HRW says were made in a speechin May, “encourage hatred… [and] contribute to a climate in which basicrights can be assaulted...

Gays release confirmed

The Spanish gays, who were supposed to appear in court yesterday on charges of “unnatural” offence, were confirmed to have been released on Tuesday evening. The release came less than 24 hours after the charge was slammed on the two Spaniards. Contacted on telephone, Nicola El Busto, the Spanish deputy honorary consul in The Gambia, had this to say: ‘‘I can confirm what most of us already knew . Pere Joan and Juan Monpserratruau have been released since yesterday (Tuesday) evening.’’ However,...

Spanish gays charged Appear in court today

The two Spaniards arrested last Friday at rendez -vous in manjaikunda and subsequently detained at kotu police Station on suspicion of homosexuality, have been charged with an attempt to commit “unnatural offence”. Pere Joan, 56, and Juan Monpserratrusau, 54, will appear in court today at the Bundung magistrates Court to answer to the charge levelled against them. ASP Sulayman Secka, the public relations officer of the Gambia Police Force, said the alleged offence was contrary to Section 124...

Gays-free Gambia

Yes, here they go again at the Daily Observer jumping on the President’s bandwagon – we hear some of you moan. Well, moan some more because we think this President of ours keeps saying exactly what we think here at the Daily Observer. We have said it before and we will say it again. This is a Muslim and Christian country. Both the Holy Koran and the Holy Bible condemn homosexuality – pure and simple. So I hear you say that both the Koran and the Bible also condemn theft, adultery, lying, etc. ...

KENYA: Slow response to high HIV rates in prisons

The problem of HIV in Kenya's prisons - where prevalence is about twice the national average - will remain unsolved as long as homosexuality is illegal, and prevention efforts remain out of reach, experts have warned. "We know homosexuality exists in the prisons, but our hands are tied because of the illegal nature of sodomy under our laws," Mary Chepkong'a, head of the Kenya Prisons Service AIDS Control Unit, told IRIN/PlusNews. "Because of the law, we cannot provide them with condoms to...