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Rachel Hagan

Saudi authorities seize rainbow-themed children's toys in homosexuality crackdown

Rainbow-theme children's toys have been seized from shops by authorities in Saudi Arabia who are claiming the colours encourage homosexuality.

Commerce ministry officials have been visiting shopping centres in the capital Riyadh to confiscate items such as toys, hair clips, beauty items, clothes, hats, notebooks, pencil cases, and other trinkets.

State TV channel Al-Ekhbariya showed two officials walking around shops to inspect the goods before putting the brightly-coloured items in a pile on the floor.

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