How would u like do live in this county! THEY DO ANAL PROBES ON GAY SUSPECTS

Test of shame! Lebanese protest against anal probe for suspected gays

Lebanese demonstrators hold
signs against anal "tests" on men suspected of homosexuality and
so-called "virginity tests" for women during a protest in Beirut on
August 11, 2012 (AFP Photo / Anwar Amro)

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Lebanese are protesting in Beirut against the use of anal
examinations on men suspected of homosexuality and “virginity tests" for
women. Same sex relations in the Arab country are considered a crime
and punishable by up to one year in jail.

­Lebanese demonstrators gathered outside the law courts in the
capital holding banners that read "United to abolish the tests of
shame".

Lebanon-based HELEM, considered the Arab world's
first and leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights group,
called for the rally under the slogan: "Stand up against the tests of shame, vaginal or anal."

One sign read: "The cost of forensic rape: 125,000 Lebanese lira" (about $85), pointing out that the men subjected to the anal probes were being charged for the procedure, AFP reports.

“This test is completely stupid, but mostly it is a rape, and it has psychological consequences for the victims,” LGBT activist, who took part in the protest, told RT.

Lebanese
demonstrator holds a sign reading "Together for the elimination of
tests of shame, these tests are rape" during a protest against anal
"tests" on men suspected of homosexuality and so-called "virginity
tests" for women in Beirut on August 11, 2012.(AFP Photo / Anwar Amro)

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Protesters,
supported by human rights organizations, are demanding that Lebanon’s
Justice Ministry issues a directive ordering an end to the tests.

The
demonstration follows the arrest of 36 men during the July 28 raid on a
movie theater suspected of screening pornographic movies in the Burj
Hammoud district of Beirut.

The men detained were transferred
to a police station, where they were subjected to anal examination,
which is intended to prove whether a person engaged in homosexual sex.

All
men were later released several days later, but three of them got
homosexuality-related charges under article 534 of the Lebanese Penal
Code on the basis of the examinations.

The article, which sparked mass outrage, considers sexual relations "contradicting the laws of nature" illegal and violators may be punished by up to one year in prison.

The Helem members say that Article 534 is used by the Lebanese ruling classes to criminalize homosexuality.

The
raid sparked fierce criticism from physicians, politicians and human
rights groups. The latter insist the government should take steps to
repeal the article of the Lebanese penal code.

As an
argument, human rights groups say the test violates international
standards against torture, including the Convention Against Torture and
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Lebanon
ratified in 2000.

Activists say the tests are also carried
out in violation of professional medical principles, including those of
the World Medical Association and resolutions adopted by the UN.