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Grindr, a famous gay social networking app, has issued a warning to its Egyptian users, as authorities mimic community members in order to target and arrest LGBTQ+ people using digital platforms.
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Grindr, an LGBTQ+ dating app, offers a caution to Egyptian users
Grindr, a famous gay social networking app, has issued a warning to its Egyptian users, as authorities mimic community members in order to target and arrest LGBTQ+ people using digital platforms.
Egyptian police and National Security Agency officers arbitrarily arrest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and detain them in inhuman conditions, systematically subject them to ill-treatment including torture, and often incite fellow inmates to abuse them, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
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Egypt: Security Forces Abuse, Torture LGBT People
Egyptian police and National Security Agency officers arbitrarily arrest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and detain them in inhuman conditions, systematically subject them to ill-treatment including torture, and often incite fellow inmates to abuse them, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
Egyptian authorities should ensure that people living with HIV can continue to safely access lifesaving medication, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
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Egypt: Covid-19 Threatens Treatment for HIV Patients
Egyptian authorities should ensure that people living with HIV can continue to safely access lifesaving medication, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
On September 6 a year has passed since the Supreme Court of India made the historic decision to decriminalise same-sex relations, causing reverberations across the world, and symbolising the global trend towards decriminalisation.
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A Third of the World’s Countries Continue to Criminalise Same-Sex Relations
On September 6 a year has passed since the Supreme Court of India made the historic decision to decriminalise same-sex relations, causing reverberations across the world, and symbolising the global trend towards decriminalisation.
Egyptian security forces on March 6, 2019 arrested Malak al-Kashif, a political activist who is a transgender woman, Human Rights Watch said today. According to a lawyer with the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, al-Kashif is being held in an undisclosed location with no access to legal counsel.
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Egypt: Trans Activist Risks Serious Abuse
Egyptian security forces on March 6, 2019 arrested Malak al-Kashif, a political activist who is a transgender woman, Human Rights Watch said today. According to a lawyer with the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, al-Kashif is being held in an undisclosed location with no access to legal counsel.
An Egyption TV host has been sentenced to a year of hard labour and fined for interviewing a gay man on his show.
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Egypt : TV host sentenced to year of hard labour for interviewing gay man
An Egyption TV host has been sentenced to a year of hard labour and fined for interviewing a gay man on his show.