Lebanon: Anal exams still being conducted on ‘suspected homosexuals’ despite ban

[Fearless]

Anal examinations are still being carried out on people suspected of being gay in Lebanon, despite the country’s medical board banning the practice.

People arrested by police in the country have been subjected to the humiliating exam – which involves an egg-shaped object being placed inside a man’s rectum – despite condemnation by the Lebanese Order of Physicians.

It has previously been derided as useless, unreliable, and akin to torture and rape.

Nizar Saghieh, editor of The Legal Agenda, told the Lebanon Daily Star that he had identified five instances where it has been carried out this year by a police doctor of the Moral Protection Bureau, despite a ban.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/07/16/lebanon-anal-exams-still-being-conducted-on-suspected-homosexuals-despite-ban/

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Why is it that those who are anti-gay are sooooooo ok with sexually assaulting gay people?

[uppityperson]

1. wtf? Why would they do this, I mean what results would they find for what reason?

flabbergasted here

[Behind the Aegis]

2. This is a step backward for Lebanon.

They were finally starting to take some steps in the right direction. Hopefully, this will be addressed.

[Stryst]

3. For the same reason that anti-gay governers

here in the US refuse to do anything to stem the tide of prison rape; they're evil.

[RKP5637]

4. Yep, they are! Evil people often work their way into positions of power so they

they can persecute and torment others. We see that all the time.