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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Wed Apr 9, 2014, 08:12 AM Apr 2014

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Egypt Jails 4 Gay Men

In a verdict condemned by human-rights monitors, four Egyptian men have been sentenced to as much as eight years in jail for setting up “deviant” sex parties, as well as dressing in women’s clothes and makeup. While the laws in Egypt don’t ban homosexual acts specifically, the courts have used anti-debauchery legislation to go after gays. One of the men was also sentenced to three years of hard labor.

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April 8, 2014 6:56 AM

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2014/04/08/egypt-jails-4-gay-men.html

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Egypt Jails 4 Gay Men (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2014 OP

Sadly, this has been going on for a long time. Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #1

Behind the Aegis

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1. Sadly, this has been going on for a long time.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 01:56 PM

Apr 2014

I don't know if there is more of a crackdown now, than before, but I do think the sentences are longer than before.

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