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Egypt reduces sentences of 8 men convicted for taking part in alleged gay wedding
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
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
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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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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ISIS jihadists say gay man thrown off rooftop, stoned to death for sodomy
The Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has posted photographs appearing to show jihadists throw a “gay” off a rooftop and then stoning him to death.
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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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Report: Islamic State militants stone two gay men to death in Syria
The Islamic State group stoned two men to death in Syria on Tuesday after claiming they were gay, the jihadist organization’s first known executions for alleged homosexuality.
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Court in Saudi Arabia sentences gay man to 3 years in jail for ‘immoral acts’
MANAMA, Bahrain — A court in eastern Saudi Arabia has sentenced a gay man to three years in prison for engaging in “immoral acts” after authorities found “offensive” pictures on his phone and social media posts where he sought to meet other men for sex.
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8 men convicted, sentenced to 3 years in jail for alleged gay wedding in Egypt
CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Saturday convicted eight men for “inciting debauchery” following their appearance in an alleged same-sex wedding party on a Nile boat, sentencing each of them to three years in prison. The Internet video shows two men exchanging rings and embracing among cheering friends. The eight were detained in September…