Barcelona, Spain - Two Spanish tourists who were detained on charges of making homosexual advances at two taxi drivers in Gambia have been released, radio reports said Tuesday. The two had faced up to 14 years in prison for violating the principles of Islam, the gay organization FAGC said in Barcelona.
The Spaniards were being held at a police station in the coastal resort of Kotu. They were arrested Friday after the taxi drivers reported them to police.
Gambian President Yahya Gammeh has threatened to "cut off the head" of any homosexual caught in the touristic West African country.
The Spaniards received visits from the Spanish consul to Gambia, who gave them his "full support," sources of the Foreign Ministry said in Madrid.
