TED THORNHILL
UK Daily Mail
October 8, 2013
A medical test being developed by Kuwait will be used to
‘detect’ homosexuals and prevent them from entering the country – or any
of the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC), according to a Kuwaiti
government official.
GCC member countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi
Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – already deem homosexual acts
unlawful.
This controversial stance is being toughened, according to Yousouf Mindkar, the director of public health at the Kuwaiti health ministry.
He told Kuwait newspaper Al Rai: ‘Health centres conduct the routine
medical check to assess the health of the expatriates when they come
into the GCC countries. However, we will take stricter measures that
will help us detect gays who will be then barred from entering Kuwait or
any of the GCC member states.’
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