Dubai's chief of police denies reports that 30 gay men were arrested at a party but says homosexuality is illegal and against the local norms.
Emirates 24/7, a Dubai-based paper, reported that Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, chief of the Dubai Police Force, has denied local activists' report,...
0 Comments | Posted March 2, 2012 | 7:41 AM
A former top Tunisian diplomat has sent an unprecedented open letter to Rashid Ghannouchi, founder and spiritual leader of the Islamist Ennahda party that now rules post-revolutionary Tunisia, about the direction the country is going.
Farhat Othaman is a researcher and author. He was a senior diplomat who...
42 Comments | Posted February 27, 2012 | 3:17 PM
A homophobic video filmed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been removed from YouTube following a campaign by Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transexual Rights UAE (GLBTR UAE) and coverage by Gay Middle East, The Huffington Post, PinkNews, and Gay...
0 Comments | Posted February 22, 2012 | 5:47 PM
Turkey, Diyarbakır
An extremist Turkish Nationalist hacking group called Ayyıldız Tim hacked this weekend the Facebook user of Hebûn, the Kurdish LGBT Association based in Diyarbakir. Members of Hebûn are extremely concerned about sensitive information that was stored on their account and the fact that Kurdish LGBT people...
10 Comments | Posted March 21, 2012 | 12:47 AM