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<p>I continue to be concerned by any reports of targeting or threats against the LGBTI
community in Tanzania. As I said in my tweet on 2 November, language that invites
violence against any community in society should be rejected. The British High Commission,
alongside international partners, carried out a demarche on the Tanzanian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, urging the authorities to respect human rights and protect all
citizens from discrimination. I welcomed the statement by the Tanzanian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs on 4 November restating the protection of rights enshrined in their
Constitution and distancing themselves from comments made by their officials. We continue
to urge the Tanzanian authorities to respect the rights of sexual minorities and protect
all Tanzanian citizens from discrimination. I personally raised discrimination and
human rights abuses towards LGBTI people in Tanzania when I met Foreign Minister Mahiga
in Brussels on 21 January. I wrote to him in similar terms in November last year and
the Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, Secretary of State for International Development, also
wrote to President Magufuli about the same issue at that time.</p>
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