According to the brief, the arrests happened in the southern province of Jizan (bordering Yemen) and that among the detainees there are people who were illegally in the country.
Under Saudi Arabia's interpretation of sharia law, homosexuality can be punished with death.
Last October a Saudi newspaper reported that a Saudi gay man was sentenced to a 5-year jail term and 500 lashes.
Earlier this year a gay British nurse was reportedly entrapped, beaten and jailed then later expelled.
HT: dosmanzanas
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