DUBAI // Two men who
allegedly used the internet to offer sexual services appeared
separately before the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance
yesterday.
The first man, MN, is charged with prostitution, consensual
homosexual sex, producing pornographic material, cross-dressing
and insulting religion.
The second, MF, an 18-year-old student, is charged with
prostitution.
Cairo: An Egyptian
court yesterday sentenced two journalists to one year in prison
after finding them guilty of printing a report in their
newspaper about the alleged homosexuality of...
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Egypt Gay Actors Scandal 1: Newspaper banned after accusing actors
of homosexuality - 7.10.09
The weekly independent
newspaper, Al Balagh Al Gadid, has been banned after reporting
that three prominent Egyptian actors were caught in a
prostitution network for homosexuals...Full Story
German FM
Westerwelle debates human rights with Saudis
Guido Westerwelle, Germany's
first openly gay foreign minister, said he fully aired Berlin's
differences with Saudia Arabia
over human rights issues during a visit to the country on
Saturday.
Silvano Orsi says Sheikh
Falah al-Nahyan used a belt to beat him after he rejected a gift
of a bottle of champagne at a hotel in Geneva in 2003. He was
initially convicted of actual bodily harm ...Full
Story
Nemat Safavi from the city
of Ardebil, Mehdi P. from Tabriz, and Mohsen Gh.
from Shiraz were all arrested, tried and sentenced to death in
different courts in Iran, based on accusations of homosexual
acts (known as "Lavat").
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BEIRUT: General Security said Wednesday that
Lebanese authorities had arrested the owners of several
movie theaters. The men were arrested in the Bourj Hammoud
and Nabaa suburbs of Beirut for screening pornography, in
addition to “facilitating homosexual encounters” inside
those theaters, a statement said. Those arrested were handed
over to the Judiciary.
A gay Toronto couple was detained for 28
days in Dubai for carrying the prescription arthritis drug
Celebrex, which is banned in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Rocky
Sharma and Stephen Macleod, who have been together for...Full
Story
22.5.2009
Iraq: CNN reports on
anti-gay sentiment in Iraq -- and the harassment and
violence it can lead to -- in the wake of six recent
so-called "honor killings" of Iraqi men who were presume...
A new report presented to the Health Ministry
recently indicated a concerning rise in the number of HIV
positive homosexuals living in
Israel.
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Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon : Daniel Sharon was
released to German custody, "I'm not homosexual".
12.10.07
..."It was made
clear to me at one point that in order to get out of this mess I should say
I am a..."
(Riyadh) Saudi prison authorities this week
began administering 7,000 lashes to each of two men convicted of committing
"homosexual acts", a local newspaper reported on Thursday.Full Story
For the first time GME is
conducting and publishing a survey concerning safe sex among
gays in eight countries. Full
Survey Results
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