Lebanon Residents ‘Suspected Of Homosexuality’ Face Brutal Police Examination

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Lebanon Residents ‘Suspected Of Homosexuality’ Face Brutal Police Examination

June 16th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

LeMonde/Worldcrunch:

BEIRUT – In the austere police station, after they are asked to undress, they are told to lean forward or crouch, submitting to a medical examination to determine their sexual orientation. Who are they? People suspected of homosexuality, a punishable offense in Lebanon, a country considered far more tolerant than other Arab countries.

This humiliating practice – well-known in homosexual circles – has recently been denounced by Lebanese associations. “We broke the silence,” Nizar Saghieh says. He is a lawyer, activist and founder of the “Al-Moufakkira al-kanouniya” (“Legal Agenda”) NGO, that organized a conference last month where these “examinations of shame” were denounced.

Read the whole story: LeMonde/Worldcrunch

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