AFP/Getty wrote:
AFP/Getty Images, 29 July 2005, TOKYO, JAPAN:Former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim gestures while delivering a speech during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo...
The rest-of-the-story
"Thumbs up" in most of the Middle East, Sardinia, Greece and parts of West Africa (notably Nigeria) is an obscene "Up Yours"and can indicate sodomy.
The rest-of-the-rest-of-the-story
Anwar Ibrahim was convicted for sodomy and spent almost six years in jail until Sept. 2, 2004 when the trumped-up conviction was overturned. Read more about his press conference today here.