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Eight men sentenced to three years in prison for Egypt’s “first gay marriage...
Men accused of homosexual acts hide their faces while attending their trial in 2001 An Egyptian court sentenced on Saturday eight men to three years in prison after appearing in a mock “gay marriage”...
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Why Egypt is Cracking Down on Homosexuals
By Brian Whitaker, originally on al-bab.com The massive police raid on a hammam (public bathhouse) in Cairo – instigated by a pro-regime TV channel – is the latest and most dramatic development in a...
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26 Men Arrested In ‘Cairo Bathhouse Raid For Homosexuality’ Found Innocent
A Cairo misdemeanour court acquitted on Monday 26 defendants accused of “debauchery” after receiving a tip that they were holding a “gay bath house orgy”. The defendants welcomed the verdict with...
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Same-Sex Marriage Condemned by Egypt’s Al Azhar, Coptic Church and Media
Egypt’s Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s top authority, has become the latest to join recent condemnation of campaigns supporting same-sex marriage. In a statement, Al-Azhar stated that marriage in Islam is...
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Court Imprisons Egyptian TV Host Behind ‘Gay Cairo Bathhouse Raid’
An Old Cairo misdemeanors court handed a six month imprisonment sentence to controversial television host Mona Iraqi over charges of defamation and dissemination of false news. The Thursday ruling...
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Egyptian Court Overturns Sentence Against TV Host Behind ‘Gay Cairo Bathhouse...
An Old Cairo appeals court overturned an imprisonment sentence against controversial television host Mona Iraqi for charges of defamation and dissemination of false news. Iraqi had been sentenced to...
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Egyptian Doctor Jailed for ‘Homosexual Activity’
A man arrested for alleged homosexual activities in an earlier case, the 2001 Queen Boat Case, attempts to hide his face. Credit: AP An Egyptian doctor, whose name has not been released, has been...
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