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Lebanon<\/a>\u2019s top military prosecutor, judge Peter Germanos<\/strong>, acquitted four members of the military accused of sodomy Saturday — a landmark ruling that affirmed homosexuality is not a crime<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0Middle Eastern nation<\/a>,\u00a0The Daily Star reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This victory for Lebanon\u2019s gay community comes days before the April 3 date when Southeast Asian kingdom of Brunei plans to enforce\u00a0legal measures that\u00a0punish gay sex with death by stoning<\/a>.\u00a0George Clooney\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0Elton John<\/a>\u00a0called for the boycott of luxury hotels owned by the oil-rich country as a way to protest the Sultan of Brunei\u2019s decision to\u00a0implement sharia law<\/a>, a form of extreme Islam.<\/p>\n

Judge Peter Germanos<\/strong> dismissed the charges against the four men, accused of committing sexual acts \u201ccontrary to nature,\u201d because Lebanon\u2019s penal code does not define what \u201ckind of relationship can be considered ‘contrary to nature,\u201d Germanos explained to the Beruit-based newspaper.<\/p>\n

Germanos also declined to issue arrest warrants for the four men. The outcome of Saturday\u2019s case marked the first ruling by military prosecutors that establishes consensual gay sex is not punishable by law. Lebanese civilian courts previously affirmed consensual relations between people of the same sex was illegal.<\/p>\n

In a separate case, an appeals court cleared the charges against nine people arrested in a Beirut suburb in July 2018 who were accused of violating Article 534 of Lebanon\u2019s penal code,\u00a0reported Al Jazeera<\/a>. Those convicted of participating in sexual intercourse \u201ccontrary to the order of nature\u201d can be sentenced to up to one year in prison.<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch, a U.S.-based human rights organization, said Article 534 is a \u201ccolonial relic\u201d used to discriminate against Lebanon\u2019s gay and transgender population.<\/p>\n

Please check out the article on:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/lebanon-rules-homosexual-sex-not-punishable-by-law<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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