humanrightswatch:Egypt: 7 Held for Alleged Homosexual Conduct Egyptian authorities should immediatel
humanrightswatch:Egypt: 7 Held for Alleged Homosexual Conduct Egyptian authorities should immediately release seven men arrested on September 6, 2014 for allegedly “inciting debauchery,” Human Rights Watch said today. Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat ordered the men detained and “physically examined” after an online video emerged showing the men attending what appeared to be a same-sex marriage ceremony on a Nile riverboat.The arrests are the latest of a long line of cases in which Egyptian authorities have persecuted men suspected of homosexual conduct. In the most recent convictions, in April, four men were sentenced to up to eight years in prison.Read more.Photo: Screenshot from YouTube video showing what appears to be a same-sex marriage ceremony on a Nile riverboat. -- source link
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