Tag: Egypt
If homosexuality isn’t illegal, why is there a gay crackdown in Egypt ?
A bath house raid instigated by complicit media looks like a bid to distract attention from bigger economic and political issues
Egyptian authorities drag 33 naked men from bath house for suspected homosexuality
Up to 33 men suspected of homosexuality have been arrested and dragged naked from a bath house in downtown Cairo, following a raid by Egyptian authorities.
UN Human Rights Council adopts non-inclusive ‘Protection of the Family’ resolution
Last Thursday the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the “Protection of the Family”. FamilyThe resolution calls on the High Commissioner for Human Rights to draft a report on the status of the family and asks for a panel discussion on “the issue of the protection of the family” at the September session.
Egypt sentences four gay men to prison
A court in Egypt sentenced four men to up to eight years in prison on Monday for practicing homosexuality, a judicial official said.
Coming out: “Family Secrets” challenges homosexual stereotypes in the Middle East
Being gay in the Middle East is forbidden, but it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist.
Homosexuality in Egypt under further crackdown
Egyptian prosecution ordered on 12 October 2013 fourteen suspects to be detained for four days pending investigation after being caught “in the act of homosexuality” inside a health spa in the poor neighborhood of Al-Marg, north-east of Cairo