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shenmue

(38,506 posts)
Wed May 16, 2018, 11:57 AM May 2018

Beirut Pride cancelled after organiser detained

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44141603

From the article:

Last year, Lebanon became the first Arab country to hold a gay pride week.

But the organiser of this year's Beirut Pride, Hadi Damien, said he was taken to a police station overnight after security services came to an event.
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Beirut Pride cancelled after organiser detained (Original Post) shenmue May 2018 OP
Transport me too. lambchopp59 May 2018 #1
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