On Dec 4, 2017 Gay Star News reported: Two men have been arrested and tortured for gay sex in Uzbekistan.

Police said the two men, both in their 20s, are facing three years in prison for ‘engaging in illegal sexual relations’.

The couple had moved into a rented apartment in Tashkent, the capital of the former Soviet nation, in September.

It is unknown how the police found out about the couple.

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