Vio of 'Egypt's First Gay Weddg' Lands Eight Men Jail

Contents:

• VIO OF 'EGYPT'S FIRST GAY WEDDG' LANDS EIGHT MEN JAIL
• EGYPT'S PROSECUTORS REFER 8 EGYPTIAN MEN OM 'GAY WEDDG' VIO TO TRIAL
• ARRTS OVER EGYPT 'GAY WEDDG'
• EGYPTIAN 'GAY WEDDG' VIO PARTICIPANTS GET RCED SENTENC
• EGYPTIAN MEN FACE JAIL TIME AFTER ALLEGED GAY WEDDG VIO GO VIRAL
• EGYPT JAILS EIGHT MEN AFTER ‘GAY MARRIAGE’ CEREMONY ON NILE
• EGYPT’S FIRST ‘GAY WEDDG?’
• EIGHT MEN PUT ON TRIAL CAIRO OVER EGYPT’S ‘FIRST GAY MARRIAGE’
• EGYPT CHARG MEN AFTER VIO PURPORTG TO SHOW GAY WEDDG
• EGYPT: EIGHT MEN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS PRISON FOR ‘GAY WEDDG’ VIO
• EGYPT: MEN ‘GAY WEDDG’ VIO WILL SPEND 3 YEARS PRISON
• UPHELD NVICTNS, RCED TERMS FOR MEN EGYPT GAY MARRIAGE VIO SE
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• VIO OF 'EGYPT'S FIRST GAY WEDDG' LANDS EIGHT MEN JAIL

VIO OF 'EGYPT'S FIRST GAY WEDDG' LANDS EIGHT MEN JAIL

The eight Egyptian men taed on accatns of "bchery" for appearg an onle vio of a gay weddg on a Nile party boat are set to be tried by a mismeanour urt, after prosecutors referred them to trial on Monday.

EGYPT'S PROSECUTORS REFER 8 EGYPTIAN MEN OM 'GAY WEDDG' VIO TO TRIAL

Egypt's forensics thory had announced earlier this month that the fendants had unrgone physil spectns and were found to be "not gay".

Consensual same-sex relatns are not explicly prohibed Egypt, but other laws have been ed to imprison gay men recent years, cludg "bchery" or "shamels public acts. In April, four men were nvicted and sentenced to eight years prison for bchery after holdg parti volvg homosexual acts and women's clothg and makp.

ARRTS OVER EGYPT 'GAY WEDDG'

In 2001, Egypt grabbed the world's attentn when 52 men were arrted a police raid on a Nile boat rtrant and acced of takg part a gay sex party.

The Egyptian thori have arrted seven men acced of appearg a vio apparently showg a gay vio, showg a group of men celebratg on a Nile river boat, was wily shared on social men uld face charg of cg bchery and spreadg imag that vlate public cency. Homosexualy is not explicly outlawed Egypt, but gay men are perdilly acced of charg such as srng relign or rights around the worldIn April, four men were sentenced to prison unr anti-bchery laws. The acced are also likely to be subjected to physil "medil" examatns bee they are prumably gay.

The so-lled gay weddg ceremony happened on a riverboat on the Nile.

EGYPTIAN 'GAY WEDDG' VIO PARTICIPANTS GET RCED SENTENC

Each of the eight "tted negative" for homosexualy a procre nducted by Egyptian "doctors, " which likely clud rectal examatns tend to terme if the men had anal sex wh other men. Human rights groups and global health thori have nmned such procr as purposels and Print's Crackdown on 'Debchery'While homosexualy is not explicly illegal Egypt, anti-cency and ant-bchery laws are regularly ed to prosecute and persecute LGBT Egyptians. An Egyptian judge has sentenced eight men to three years prison each for appearg a vio of what appears to be a gay weddg party on a riverboat on the Nile.

For their part, the men the vio mata their nocence, wh one of the fendants llg to a popular Egyptian talk show to ny that he was gay and to claim the vio was not taken at a weddg party, but at a birthday party. A spokman for Egypt’s jtice mistry forensics partment also told the Guardian that the “entire se is ma up and lacks basis, ” and that the men’s anal examatns “showed that the eight fendants have not practised homosexualy recently or the past.

EGYPTIAN MEN FACE JAIL TIME AFTER ALLEGED GAY WEDDG VIO GO VIRAL

While gay sex is not explicly outlawed Egypt, gay marriage is illegal and the LGBTQ muny is often targeted by Egyptian police forc, who often ll for raids and crackdowns on notor gay hotspots.

One such crackdown, which took place 2001 on a gay boat cise lled the Queen Boat, rulted the arrts and trials of 52 men. Eight men acced of attendg a marriage-like ceremony on the Nile have been jailed for three years the latt of a seri of mov agast Egypt’s gay muny.

Dcribed onle as Egypt’s “first gay marriage”, the scene showed the pair embracg, exchangg rgs and celebratg wh their iends on a small boat – footage that outraged nservative Egypt, promptg a media backlash when appeared on YouTube judgment was passed after the eight men were subjected to anal tts that state doctors said proved the men were not gay. ”The se follows a rise over the past year raids on private properti and street arrts targetg Egypt’s gay muny. In recent weeks, many lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Egyptians have sled back their e of datg apps such as Grdr, fearg that the police may be g them to entrap gay men.

EGYPT JAILS EIGHT MEN AFTER ‘GAY MARRIAGE’ CEREMONY ON NILE

Homosexualy is not illegal Egypt, but is a social taboo and allegedly gay men have often been arrted on charg of immoraly.

EGYPT’S FIRST ‘GAY WEDDG?’

Activists speculate that the recent crease state prsure on Egypt’s gay muny is lked to the ernment’s sire to prove their socially nservative crentials, after members of the Mlim Brotherhood, the group oted by Egypt’s current regime last summer, ed the footage to claim s overthrow has led to the stctn of Egyptian valu. Egypt’s First ‘Gay Weddg? A vio* of a gay marriage, dubbed ‘Egypt’s first gay marriage, ’ has gone viral on social media, as the two men celebrated their love on a boat along the Nile.

In 2001, 52 men were arrted om a gay party at the Queen Boat, what was one of the most publicized police attacks agast homosexualy Egypt. Acrdg to the Egyptian Iniative for Personal Rights (EIPR), homophobia has creased sce the 2011 uprisg. Egypt’s nstutn do not have laws banng homosexualy.

EIGHT MEN PUT ON TRIAL CAIRO OVER EGYPT’S ‘FIRST GAY MARRIAGE’

Yet, the past offenc such as “vlatg the teachgs of relign” and “moral pravy” were ed to arrt, and imprison dividuals acced of takg part homosexual acts. Prosecutors alleged the men had participated a gay weddg, which sparked a media backlash after footage om the ceremony emerged on YouTube this month.

EGYPT CHARG MEN AFTER VIO PURPORTG TO SHOW GAY WEDDG

Members of Egypt’s gay muny believe at least 35 other men were also seized om public plac, as police mounted a drag operatn to gather rmatn about the inty of those the vio. Dcribed onle as Egypt’s “first gay marriage”, the footage showed two men embracg, exchangg rgs and celebratg wh their iends on a small boat on the Nile – a scene that sndalised nservative Egypt. ”Homosexualy is not illegal Egypt, but is a social taboo, and allegedly gay men have often been arrted on charg of immoraly (pdf).

EGYPT: EIGHT MEN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS PRISON FOR ‘GAY WEDDG’ VIO

In recent weeks, many LGBT Egyptians have sled back their e of datg apps such as Grdr, fearg that the police may be g them to entrap gay men.

In prott agast the recent arrts, Egypt’s LGBT muny began a Twter mpaign on Wednday wh the hashtag #stopjailggays. Charg stem om viral vio of purported gay weddg.

Homosexualy is not overtly outlawed Egypt. Gay persons n face charg unr broadly terpreted "moraly" statut.

EGYPT: MEN ‘GAY WEDDG’ VIO WILL SPEND 3 YEARS PRISON

Egypt’s public prosecutor orred the arrt Saturday of ne men on crimal charg of “bchery” after a social media vio purportg to show a gay weddg went viral. In a statement, the prosecutor’s office acced the men of “bchery” and “unrmg public morals” and orred a physil examatn by a forensic doctor, a mon practice Egypt when arrtg homosexuals.

While homosexualy is not overtly outlawed Egypt, gay people n face crimal charg unr statut that broadly claim to protect social “moraly. In 2001, Egypt arrted more than 50 men a raid on a gay nightclub on the Queen riverboat.

UPHELD NVICTNS, RCED TERMS FOR MEN EGYPT GAY MARRIAGE VIO SE

A urt Egypt has sentenced eight men to three years prison for appearg a vio that purported to show a gay vio, which beme an onle h after was posted on YouTube September, shows two men kissg, exchangg rgs and embracg among cheerg iends. “The medil tt showed that the eight fendants have not practised homosexualy recently or the past.

Homosexualy is not illegal Egypt, but is a social taboo, and allegedly gay men have often been arrted on charg of the most notor example, 52 men were arrted 2001 for their perceived sexualy, what beme known as the Queen Boat April, four men were nvicted and sentenced to eight years prison for “bchery” after allegedly holdg gay sex parti where women’s clothg and makp were Rights Watch said September that Egyptian thori had repeatedly arrted and tortured men spected of havg gay sex.

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

Saturday’s sentenc are the latt a crackdown by thori agast gay people and atheists. The men "tted negative" for homosexualy September -- the rult of unscientific, vasive "medil" examatns that often clu forced rectal examatns, and have been nmned as meang and unnecsary by ternatnal human rights groups and the Uned Natns.

Although Egyptian law do not exprsly crimalize homosexualy, men perceived to be gay are often prosecuted unr a "bchery" law, acrdg to a 2010 report by Amnty Internatnal. Jt five percent of Egyptians believe that society should accept homosexualy, reports the Pew Rearch Global Attus Project.

VIO OF 'EGYPT'S FIRST GAY WEDDG' LANDS EIGHT MEN JAIL

Last month, the men were nvicted of “cg bchery” and sentenced to three-year prison terms after a vio surfaced onle of them at what appeared to be a gay weddg, the Associated Prs reported. “Over the years, Egyptian thori have repeatedly arrted, tortured, and taed men spected of nsensual homosexual nduct, ” Graeme Reid, LGBT rights director at Human Rights Watch said  a statement followg the arrts of seven of the men September.

Same-sex marriage is illegal Egypt and while homosexualy is not an offense, a untry domated by nservative Mlim valu, gays have been charged wh vlatg laws of moraly, Rters reported. Gay rights activists say that at least 150 men Egypt have been arrted nnectn to alleged homosexual behavr the last 18 months.