Lebanese Man Faces Death Penalty For Dressing In Drag On Instagram

Story out of Abu Dhabi, Lebanon:

A gay Lebanese man who posted images of himself in drag on Instagram is being prosecuted in Abu Dhabi on charges of “practicing” and “promoting homosexuality,” which carry possible death sentences in the country ruled by Sharia Law.

Prosecutors claimed in Abu Dhabi Criminal Court last week that the pictures showed the 21-year-old man “wearing short women’s clothes, wigs and make-up.”

The man had also allegedly posted his phone number on the social networking site and was offering sexual services to other men.

The United Arab Emirates website 7days reports the man was arrested in a sting operation after soliciting an undercover cop who made an appointment while posing as a customer. Cont.

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Australian TV Crew Caught Trying To Recover Two Children In Beirut

Story out of Beirut, Lebanon:

An Australian mother and TV crew were charged Tuesday over their involvement in the attempted abduction of two children in Lebanon's capital.

The mother and a four-member crew for Australia's 60 Minutes program have been detained in Beirut since last Wednesday, judicial sources said, after authorities thwarted an attempt to take the woman's two children back to Australia.

CCTV footage broadcast on Lebanese television appeared to show several people grabbing the children, who the father said were aged five and three, from their grandmother Ibtissam Berri and bundling them into a car.

Lebanese authorities said they have evidence that the crew's employer, Channel Nine, paid about $88,000 for a "recovery" team to snatch the children, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The mother, Sally Faulkner, was subsequently arrested and the children were returned to their father. The files on the case have been transferred to a judge for further investigation. Cont.

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