An Egyptian court has acquitted 26 men accused of "debauchery" after their night-time arrest from a Cairo bathhouse for suspected homosexual activity.

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“Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest), Long live justice,” chanted the defendants when the verdict was announced on Monday.

“Long live justice and the police,” cheered the jubilant families of the defendants, some of who had clashed with reporters and photographers before the hearing began.

Prosecutors later filed an appeal against the verdict.

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