Posts Tagged ‘ Article 534 ’

Helem Launches Report on Institutional Discrimination against LGBT People In Lebanon

Feb 15th, 2010 | By joelle | Category: Featured Articles

Lebanon-based LGBT organization Helem launched on Monday, February 8, 2010 in Beirut a report on institutional discrimination against LGBTs in Lebanon, consisting of two studies. Funded by the Ford Foundation, the report concluded a series of thematic researches that address the effect of Article 534 on the political, civil, economical, social, and cultural rights of people of non-conforming gender identities and sexual orientations.



Lebanese Judge Rules Against the Use of Article 534 To Prosecute Homosexuals

Dec 28th, 2009 | By joelle | Category: Lead Story

Lebanon-based LGBT organization Helem launched on Monday, December 21, 2009 in Beirut a groundbreaking report on the legal situation of homosexuals in Arab countries.

Funded by the Ford Foundation, the publication, titled “Homosexual Relations in Penal Codes: General Study on Laws in Arab Countries with Reports on Lebanon and Tunisia”, is part of a series of thematic researches that address the effect of Article 534 on the political, civil, economical, social [...]



Five, Three, and Four

Oct 19th, 2009 | By editor | Category: The Fantastic Homosexual

This is my call to action. I’m sick of it. We really need to get ourselves together and get out there and demand our rights. We cannot live in a country where we can be thrown in a tiny, nauseating cell with cockroaches for mates and batons for entertainment, all before we even have time [...]



Kinky

Sep 7th, 2009 | By Guest Contributor | Category: Poetry, Ramblings, & Fiction

I feel like doing something kinky right now…



الـ534 الداخلية

Sep 6th, 2009 | By sara | Category: Arabic عربي, Opinion Pieces

من الواضح ان المادة 534 من قانون العقوبات اللبناني لا تسمح فقط للشرطة بأن تعتقل المثليين والمثليات، بل هي تشكل دافعا ودعما لكل من يضمر الكره للمثليين. فهذه المادة لا تستعمل لـ”عقاب المثليين” بل تستعمل ايضا لابتزازهم مالياً والتعرض لهم من دون ان يستطيعوا ان يحتموا بالقانون. وكأن المادة في معانيها المتعددة تدفع بالمثليين الى [...]



Top Human Rights Lawyer Discusses Article 534 [Audio Recording]

Sep 6th, 2009 | By editor | Category: Reports

On Monday, August 10, 2009, Nahwa Al Muwatiniya hosted Lawyer Nizar Saghieh for an open discussion about Article 534. You can listen to (or download) the full speech given by Mr. Saghieh here:
nizar-saghiyeh-10-Aug-09.mp3
We’re also re-posting “Notes on Article 534″ by permission from our friends at the Gay-Straight Alliance. They are not the same things the [...]

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