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Lebanon's gay pride week brought to halt after crackdown
Date of incident:
May 15, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
The organizer of Lebanon's beleaguered gay pride week has been briefly detained days into the celebrations and the rest of the festival's events cancelled.
Hadi Damien told The Associated Press Tuesday that he was held overnight over Beirut Pride week, which began Saturday, allegedly following complaints from critics.
Damien's lawyer, Layal Saqr, said her client was interrogated over allegedly encouraging debauchery and offending public decency.
Damien was released after signing a pledge to call off the rest of the week's events, which included a street party and poetry
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category:
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary):
Conflicts of social discrimination
Violent and unjust treatment of different categories of people and individuals based on race, age, gender or sexuality, committed by the State, groups and individuals, related to a lack of protection and rights, inefficiency of the Justice system and persisting social and economic vulnerabilities.
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