The Human Rights Commtee this morng nclud s nsiratn of the fifth perdic report of Egypt on how implements the provisns of the Internatnal Covenant on Civil and Polil Rights, wh Commtee Experts mendg progrs on battg discrimatn, and raisg issu ncerng police treatment of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex persons and judicial pennce, particularly regardg Terrorism Circu Courts.
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- ARRTS AND TORTURE OF GAYS, LBIANS EGYPT ARE ‘SYSTEMATIC,’ RIGHTS REPORT SAYS
- IN DIALOGUE WH EGYPT, EXPERTS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMTEE COMMEND MEASUR COMBATTG DISCRIMATN, RAISE ISSU CONCERNG TREATMENT OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND INTERSEX PERSONS AND JUDICIAL INPENNCE
- 'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN
- EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS SYSTEMILLY ABE AND TORTURE GAYS, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
- LIVG FEAR: EGYPT’S GAY MUNY
ARRTS AND TORTURE OF GAYS, LBIANS EGYPT ARE ‘SYSTEMATIC,’ RIGHTS REPORT SAYS
LGBT Rights Egypt: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * gay rights in egypt *
Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (other penalty)Gay Marriage⚭✖ UnregnizedCensorship✖ Imprisonment as punishmentChangg Genr✖ Legal, but requir surgeryNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✖ No protectnsHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned. HistoryHomosexual activy Egypt?
IN DIALOGUE WH EGYPT, EXPERTS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMTEE COMMEND MEASUR COMBATTG DISCRIMATN, RAISE ISSU CONCERNG TREATMENT OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND INTERSEX PERSONS AND JUDICIAL INPENNCE
* gay rights in egypt *
Homosexual activy Egypt is illegal (other penalty). Illegal As homosexualy is illegal, servg the ary is also illegal. Blood donatns by MSMs Egypt is banned (fe ferral) (fe ferral) Homosexual activy is illegal, therefore MSM blood donatn is not accepted.
N/A Age of Consent is unequal/applible practice, same-genr sexual behavr is punished by ernmental offils, meang that both age and nsent are irrelevant to the illegaly of homosexualy Egypt. CAIRO — The Egyptian ernment ntu to target gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people a "systematic fashn" through arbrary arrts, torture and other forms of abe, cludg forced "virgy tts, " Human Rights Watch said watchdog group acced police personnel and officers of Egypt’s Natnal Secury Agency of routely pickg up spected LGBT people off the streets and tag them “human ndns, ” often after illegally searchg their phon.
'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN
Egyptian secury forc taed Hegazi 2017 after she raised a rabow pri flag at a ncert Cairo by the Lebane band Mashrou’ Leila, whose lead sger is openly gay. While homosexualy is not illegal Egypt, thori have been g a 1960s anti-prostutn law that ntas a clse agast “bchery, ” which Egyptian urts have terpreted to clu the weeks followg the 2017 Mashrou’ Leila ncert, thori arrted sr of LGBT people and hand out harsh prison sentenc, promptg the U.
Human rights office to clare the anti-gay raids vlatns of ternatnal law. Officers searched the men’s phon and ed photos they found to acce them of homosexualy.
EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS SYSTEMILLY ABE AND TORTURE GAYS, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
The Human Rights Commtee this morng nclud s nsiratn of the fifth perdic report of Egypt on how implements the provisns of the Internatnal Covenant on Civil and Polil Rights, wh Commtee Experts mendg progrs on battg discrimatn, and raisg issu ncerng police treatment of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex persons and judicial pennce, particularly regardg Terrorism Circu Courts.
Legislatn did not punish nsensual same sex sexual relatns, but acts cg bchery were still enforced by a 1961 law crimalisg homosexuals and transsexuals. The legislatn did not punish nsensual same sex sexual relatns, but acts cg bchery were still enforced by a 1961 law crimalisg homosexuals and transsexuals.
How were homosexuals and transsexuals who were prosecuted subjected to unnecsary medils acts such as forced anal examatns. A Commtee Expert said lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people were the subject of police provotn and discrimatn. Egypt had prevly rejected remendatns to bat discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex people 2020.
LIVG FEAR: EGYPT’S GAY MUNY
Another Expert asked for further rmatn on discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex persons, as the legatn’s rponse was partial. Egypt's anti-gay crackdown ma headl last September, but one year later, human-rights advot and LGBTQ Egyptians say the persecutn 18, 2018, 4:00 PM UTCOmar* is a 30-year-old physician livg Alexandria, Egypt, the untry’s send largt cy. He is also a gay man who has spent most of his life what has bee one of the most dangero plac to be a sexual mory.
“It’s difficult to be gay Egypt, ” he told NBC News. ”A fan of Lebane alternative rock band Mashrou' Leila holds a rabow flag durg their ncert at the Ehniyat Internatnal Ftival Ehn town, Lebanon on Augt 12, Saidi / Rters fileHomosexualy is not explicly illegal this untry that bridg northeast Ai wh the Middle East, but people are routely arrted and imprisoned on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientatn and genr inty, acrdg to Amnty September was the worst crackdown the untry’s history, wh up to 76 people beg taed, acrdg to the human-rights anizatn.
The crackdown was sparked after a gay man wavg a rabow flag was arrted durg a ncert Cairo.