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 | OHCHR

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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

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN

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.

EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS SYSTEMILLY ABE AND TORTURE GAYS, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

Officers searched the men’s phon and ed photos they found to acce them of homosexualy. 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.

LIVG FEAR: EGYPT’S GAY MUNY

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. 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.