The unfurlg of a rabow flag at an open-air rock ncert Cairo was a rare public show of solidary wh gay and transgenr people the Arab world’s most populo natn. The backlash has been fierce: Dozens have been arrted and put on trial, spreadg panic the embattled muny.
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- ARRTS AND TORTURE OF GAYS, LBIANS EGYPT ARE ‘SYSTEMATIC,’ RIGHTS REPORT SAYS
- 'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN
- EGYPT'S LATT CRACKDOWN ON GAYS CREAT FEAR LGBT MUNY
- BTAL CRACKDOWN HAS GAY AND TRANSGENR EGYPTIANS ASKG: IS TIME TO LEAVE?
ARRTS AND TORTURE OF GAYS, LBIANS EGYPT ARE ‘SYSTEMATIC,’ RIGHTS REPORT SAYS
Egyptian police and Natnal Secury Agency officers arbrarily arrt lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people and ta them human ndns, systematilly subject them to ill-treatment cludg torture, and often ce fellow mat to abe them. * egypt lgbt crackdown *
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Last September, at a mic ftival Cairo, a group of ncertgoers raised a rabow flag support of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights. 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
Egypt's anti-gay crackdown ma headl last September, but one year later, human-rights advot and LGBTQ Egyptians say the persecutn ntu. * egypt lgbt crackdown *
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.
(Beit) – Egyptian police and Natnal Secury Agency officers arbrarily arrt lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people and ta them human ndns, systematilly subject them to ill-treatment cludg torture, and often ce fellow mat to abe them, Human Rights Watch said today. Human rights groups have documented wi-sle ab the wake of a September 2017 ncert by the Lebane band Mashrou’ Leila, whose lead sger is openly gay and which performs songs that support sexual and genr diversy. I was taed a ge unr a stairway [at the prosecutor’s office], wasn’t even a prison cell, [but merely] a 3 by 2-meters ty room, wh 25 gay and transgenr people.
EGYPT'S LATT CRACKDOWN ON GAYS CREAT FEAR LGBT MUNY
An openly gay man onts Lebanon's Mashrou' Leila – and when fans waved rabow flags at a show outsi Cairo, the arrts soon followed * egypt lgbt crackdown *
— Hham Alkashif (@HhamAlkashif) September 23, 2017Sce the ary took ntrol 2013, has not been unmon for Egyptian thori to arrt people they spect have engaged nsensual homosexual activi, acrdg to the New York Tim. Bee homosexualy is not illegal Egypt, as is neighborg Libya, gay Egyptians are often charged wh “bchery, ” “immoraly, ” or “blasphemy” stead, the BBC om Getty ImagOf the 33 people arrted, jt one is a woman, and 22 were arrted over the last 4 days, acrdg to Amnty Internatnal.
Lol media reports that the charged men have been eed on bail of 5, 000 Egyptian pounds (£211) and an appeal is nvictns e durg a renewed state attack on LGBT eedoms sparked by a 22 September Mashrou' Leilia ncert which the rabow gay pri flag was raised by an dience member.
Show all 2Men taed unr such circumstanc are often subject to anal examatns to terme whether they have had gay sex, which rights groups such as Human Rights Watch say are agast human rights law and amount to torture.
BTAL CRACKDOWN HAS GAY AND TRANSGENR EGYPTIANS ASKG: IS TIME TO LEAVE?
While there are no specific laws agast homosexualy Egypt, discrimatn agast dividuals perceived to be LGBT is rife, as are arrts on bchery and immoraly charg. (Nairobi, September 30, 2017)—Egypt should stop arrtg and harassg people spected of homosexualy g tmped-up “bchery” and “cg bchery” charg, Human Rights Watch said today.
Secury forc round up at least eleven people the days followg a September 22, 2017 ncert Cairo at which young ncertgoers waved rabow flags, a symbol of solidary wh lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT) people, a fiant act a untry known to persecute gay men and transgenr people. At the September 22 ncert, people raised rabow flags durg the performance of the Lebane group Mashrou’ Leila, which has an openly gay lead sger and has performed songs addrsg same-sex relatnships and genr inty. In Egypt, police routely round up gay and bisexual men and transgenr women, actively seekg them out and entrappg them on datg apps and through social media.
The archaic technique was vised the 19th century to seek “evince” of homosexual nduct, but forensic experts around the world have nmned the practice as lackg any scientific validy and vlatg medil ethics.