Nairobi, Kenya: Twenty-four people have been arrested in Burundi as part of a security crackdown on "homosexual practices", a judicial source and an activist told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday (Saturday in Manila).
The arrests took place on February 23 in the political capital Gitega, where members of MUCO Burundi, a non-profit organisation that focuses on HIV/AIDS, were attending a seminar, an activist told AFP on condition of anonymity, citing fear of reprisals.
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