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*Morocco: An Italian man was sentenced to 4 months in jail for operating a gay network in Morocco* The *Almaghrebiya* newspaper reported that on Jan 19, the Criminal Chamber of the lower Court in the city of Marakesh, sentenced an Italian Citizen to 4 months in jail and a fine of 1,000 Derham on charges of "homosexuality, filming and possession of pornographic images" . Gian Paolo will be deported from Morocco at the end of his sentence. The detainee , an Italian resident of Morocco, confessed to the law enforcement officials that he headed a network of Moroccan and foreign homosexuals in Spain, Belgium , and the United States. He used to take pornographic images of "abnormal sexual situations" involving Moroccans and citizens of other countries, and posted them on the internet. You can read the full story here: http://www.almaghri bia.ma/Paper/ Article.asp? idr=7&idrs= 7&id=78524 *Bahrain: Men's Barbershop Became a Cruising Gay Scene* Bahraini Newspaper, *Alwaqht,* Jan 14, 2009: 2 Asian men were sentenced to 6 months in jail with hard labour and deportation from Bahrain at the end of their sentence for practicing of debauchery. The accused were arrested by the Public Morality Police for committing prostitution with their barbershop clients. After the police was tipped off to their activities, undercover agents went to their place of business, pretending that they wanted to have sex with them. The accused agreed to have homosexual sex for 10 dollars. After their arrests, they confessed that they used to have sex with their clients for 10 to 20 dinars a trick. You can read the full story here: http://www.alwaqt. com/art.php? aid=146974 *Egypt: The Capture of A Network of the Followers of Lot in one of Cairo's Streets.* Almoheet (Pan-Arab News portal) Jan 10, 2009: On Jan 5, The Egyptian Security Services destroyed a network of homosexuals, following complains to the Morality Unit of the Interior Ministry that the young men frequented an apartment in Ahmed Orabi Street. At the beginning, the detectives suspected that the place accommodates young girls with male clients, but the police soon found out that all people in the place were men. After surveillance, the detectives found out that all of the people who visited the apartment were gay, and the location was a place set up for gays to commit sodomy. The ringleaders of the gay prostitution operation were 4 people, including a top producer at Egyptian TV, a fabric merchant, an accountant, and a young man who worked with foreign press. Following the raid, 8 people were arrested and police confiscated gay pornography on the detainee's computers and on their cell phones. You can read the full story here: http://www.moheet. com/show_ news.aspx? nid=210047& pg=1 ------------ --------- -------- Hossein Alizadeh Communications Coordinator International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission 80 Maiden Lane- Suite 1505 New York, NY 10038 USA Phone: + 1 212-430-6016 Fax: + 1 212-430-6060 Email: haliza...@iglhrc. org Web: www.iglhrc.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
