Saudi Arabia lifts ban on two gay websites

Tuesday October 20, 2009

Keywords: Middle East, English, sexuality, NGO, freedom of speech, freedom of expression, media content

Saudi Arabia has lifted a ban on two gay websites in response to pressure from Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). Access to the websites gaymiddleast.com and 365gay.com within the country had been blocked since early March 2004 after authorities deemed them “pornographic.”

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