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

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

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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In Egypt, shocking cases of HIV discrimination still occur regularly

Monday, December 5, 2016

When one woman gave birth to a daughter in 2002, doctors threw her out of the hospital when they found her newborn had full-blown AIDS.

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8 countries force men to have anal exams to prove they are gay

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

The exams are rooted in discredited 19th century theories that homosexuals can be identified by characteristics of the anus.

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Egyptian court upholds decision to ban Libyan from entering country because he is gay

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The student, who was not named, was barred from returning to Cairo from abroad in 2008 and had appealed the decision hoping to continue his studies at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport.

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

Monday, January 12, 2015

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

Monday, January 5, 2015

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

Sunday, January 4, 2015

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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Egypt reduces sentences of 8 men convicted for taking part in alleged gay wedding

Saturday, December 27, 2014

An Egyptian appeals court has upheld the conviction of eight men for "inciting debauchery" for appearing in an alleged same-sex wedding video, but reduced their sentences from three to one year in prison.

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

Monday, December 22, 2014

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’s gay community goes deeper underground, fearing crackdown

Friday, December 19, 2014

Gays in Egypt are taking precautionary measures by avoiding public places where they used to gather and by staying away from Internet and dating applications, fearing police traps.

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