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7 arrested in Egypt for raising rainbow pride flag at concert

Another disturbing story on the crackdown against LGBTQ people ongoing around the world.

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A hospital in Egypt pulled a gay tourist off life support & won’t return his body

Adrian King died while visiting Egypt, and now the hospital won't return his body to his family unless they pay them tens of thousands of dollars.

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Egypt acquits 26 suspected ‘gay’ men in trial over bathhouse raid

An Egyptian court on Monday acquitted 26 men arrested in a televised raid last month by police looking for gays at a Cairo public bathhouse, a ruling that set off deafening cheers and jubilation.

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Judge to announce verdict next week in Egypt ‘gay bathhouse’ raid trial

The judge in the trial of 26 men arrested in Egypt in a televised raid by police looking for gays at a Cairo public bathhouse says he'll announce a verdict next week after only three hearings.

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Defense lawyers criticize Egypt’s arrest of 26 alleged gay men in bathhouse raid

Defense lawyers for 26 men arrested in a televised raid by police looking for gays at an Egyptian bathhouse criticized the prosecution's case when the trial resumed Sunday.

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Egyptian court opens trial of 26 men on charges of suspected homosexuality

The handcuffed defendants, many of them crying, arrived in court with their heads bowed as police pushed them inside a metal cage.

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Egypt refers to trial 26 ‘suspected’ gay men arrested in bath house raid

The official from the prosecutors' office said the trial will begin Sunday, only two weeks after the men were arrested in a much publicized raid on a Cairo bathhouse.

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Living in fear: Egypt’s gay community

At least 20 gay and transgender persons have been convicted of debauchery and other charges in Egypt in 2014.

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Egypt security forces arrest 26 men for homosexuality in bath house raid

Egyptian security forces have raided a bath house and arrested 25 men suspected of homosexuality, dragging them naked out of the building in downtown Cairo.

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Men in ‘gay wedding’ video face charges of debauchery, offending public morality

CAIRO -- Eight men arrested in Egypt for appearing in a video taken during an alleged same-sex "wedding" party, will face trial on charges of inciting debauchery and offending public morality. The men were detained earlier…

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