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Contents:

• EIGHT MEN PUT ON TRIAL CAIRO OVER EGYPT’S ‘FIRST GAY MARRIAGE’
• VIO OF 'EGYPT'S FIRST GAY WEDDG' LANDS EIGHT MEN JAIL
• EGYPT: EIGHT MEN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS PRISON FOR ‘GAY WEDDG’ VIO
• ARRTS OVER EGYPT 'GAY WEDDG'
• EGYPT JAILS 'GAY WEDDG VIO' MEN
• EGYPT CHARG MEN AFTER VIO PURPORTG TO SHOW GAY WEDDG
• EIGHT GET PRISON EGYPT FOR ALLEGED GAY WEDDG
• EGYPT JAILS EIGHT MEN AFTER ‘GAY MARRIAGE’ CEREMONY ON NILE
• UPHELD NVICTNS, RCED TERMS FOR MEN EGYPT GAY MARRIAGE VIO SE
• EGYPT CUTS 'FIRST GAY WEDDG VIO' JAIL SENTENC
• EGYPT’S FIRST ‘GAY WEDDG?’
• EGYPT ‘GAY WEDDG’ TRIAL NMNED BY LGBT SUPPORTERS
• 'YOU N'T BE OUT': GAY EGYPTIANS NTUE TO FEAR PERSECUTN
• EGYPT ARRTS SEVEN OVER ‘GAY WEDDG’
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR EGYPTIAN MEN IN PURPORTED GAY MARRIAGE VIO
• GAY EGYPT TRAVEL GUI

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

Prosecutors alleged the men had participated a gay weddg, which sparked a media backlash after footage om the ceremony emerged on YouTube this month.

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).

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

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. 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.

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

“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. Saturday’s sentenc are the latt a crackdown by thori agast gay people and atheists.

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.

ARRTS OVER EGYPT 'GAY WEDDG'

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.

EGYPT JAILS 'GAY WEDDG VIO' MEN

The acced are also likely to be subjected to physil "medil" examatns bee they are prumably gay. Media ptn, #BBCtrendg [Broadst Sept 2014]: Arrt orr after 'gay marriage' vioA urt Egypt has sentenced eight men to three years prison for appearg a vio alleged to show a gay eight had nied charg of cg bchery and offendg public vio, which was posted to YouTube September, shows two men exchangg rgs on a boat the homosexualy is legal Egypt, remas a taboo.

Police raids on gay venu have risen recent sentence was met wh uproar om the fai of the fendants, the Rters news agency BBC's Middle East edor Sebastian Usher says Islamists had led the chos of outrage agast the vio, sayg that proved moral standards had dropped sce Islamist Print Mohammed Morsi was removed om power last year.

Charg stem om viral vio of purported gay weddg. Homosexualy is not overtly outlawed Egypt.

EGYPT CHARG MEN AFTER VIO PURPORTG TO SHOW GAY WEDDG

Gay persons n face charg unr broadly terpreted "moraly" statut.

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.

EIGHT GET PRISON EGYPT FOR ALLEGED GAY WEDDG

Homosexualy is a social taboo for both muni and only recent years have fictn and movi clud gay characters. Consensual same-sex relatns are not explicly prohibed, but other laws have been ed to imprison gay men recent years, cludg "bchery" or "shamels public acts.

" Same-sex marriage is unheard of verdict is the latt a crackdown by thori agast gays and atheists. "Egypt's ernment, evintly not satisfied jailg opposn members, stunts, and human rights activists, has found the time to prosecute (gays), " said Graeme Reid, HRW's lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr rights director, a statement.

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.

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

”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.

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

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

“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.

EGYPT CUTS 'FIRST GAY WEDDG VIO' JAIL SENTENC

For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsAn Egyptian appeals urt has rced the prison terms for eight men jailed last month for appearg a vio of the untry's first gay urt cut the sentenc om three years each to one year, acrdg to judicial verdict drew “tears and shouts” om fay members the urtroom, a wns told the news agency fendants nied charg of spreadg cent imag and cg vio went viral on social media s Augt, and appears to show a group of men celebratg a gay weddg on a Nile riverboat. Anti-Mubarak protts EgyptShow all 10Gay marriage is not legal Egypt, and although homosexualy self is not specifilly outlawed, homosexual acts are, and discrimatn is wispread. A group of 26 men spected of homosexualy were dragged naked om a bath hoe downtown Cairo earlier this month, followg a raid by Egyptian trial, on charg cludg bchery, is set to beg eight men whose sentenc were rced may appeal the new lg the Court of Cassatn, Egypt’s hight urt.

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.

EGYPT’S FIRST ‘GAY WEDDG?’

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 ‘GAY WEDDG’ TRIAL NMNED BY LGBT SUPPORTERS

Egypt’s nstutn do not have laws banng homosexualy.

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.

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

Gay rights fenrs say trial of eight men for alleged same-sex marriage is an attack on Egypt’s gay muny. On Tuday, eight men stood urt to face accatns of takg part a “gay weddg”, after vio of the alleged ceremony emerged on YouTube. Although homosexualy self is not explicly illegal unr Egyptian law, they uld face more than three years prison for “vlatg public cency”.

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.

EGYPT ARRTS SEVEN OVER ‘GAY WEDDG’

“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. The cint garnered ternatnal attentn, but one year later, gay Egyptians and human-rights advot say the persecutn ntu, and Egypt’s LGBTQ muny is livg fear. EGYPTIAN LAWWhile same-sex sexual relatns are not explicly prohibed Egyptian law, a 2017 report by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) found that “the Law on the Combatg of Prostutn, and the law agast bchery have been ed liberally to imprison gay men recent years.

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

” As such, ILGA clus Egypt s list of 72 untri that crimalize, however, said, “It’s not jt gay, bisexual and transgenr people who the thori are after. “You don’t even necsarily need to be gay to get arrted, jt seen to be associated wh the LGBTQ muny. ”GAY LIFE IN EGYPTOmar said the LGBTQ muny has not always been so aggrsively targeted.

The revolutn, he explaed, opened the floodgat to extreme polics Egypt and forced the gay muny unrground.

“There are spots that are, to some extent, gay iendly, but even the plac cled after 2011.

THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR EGYPTIAN MEN IN PURPORTED GAY MARRIAGE VIO

They didn’t want to look like they were that iendly towards gay people, so they closed their bars and fés and left. There have been wispread reports of Egyptian thori g gay datg apps to entrap gay men.

GAY EGYPT TRAVEL GUI

Omar said his neighbor was then arrted and ported om police are not the only on g the apps to persecute gay men, acrdg to Omar. Those wh homophobic tents have also been known to e them.

Last month, a newspaper showed screenshots of gay datg app Grdr wh the headle “Documentg the most dangero onle gay anizatn. ” Another Egyptian newspaper had an vtigate article about “Polari, ” or gay slang. The wrer claimed to be “exposg the secret dictnary of gay people Egypt” and ced rears to report anybody heard g the “language.

“I unt on the gay muny to survive, ” he said.