55 Arrested During Raid on “Gay Party” in Saudi Arabia
By Tony Grew | Pink News
Police in the Gulf kingdom of Saudi Arabia have launched another raid on a so-called gay party, this time in the coastal Qatif province.
Drugs, alcohol were reportedly found at the gathering.
TV channel al-Arabiya reports that two young men wearing women’s make up and dancing together were among 55 people arrested by religious police.
Last month more than 20 men after a raid on another property in Qatif.
Quantities of alcohol were seized at a gathering of young men. Many were initially arrested on homosexuality charges but later released.
The state Commission for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice was acting on a tip off.
In Saudi Arabia homosexuality is illegal under sharia, or Islamic Law.
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