GayEgypt.com Calls for Boycott of Egypt & World Wide Protests for Detainees Fredom GayEgypt.com and Gay Egyptian's call for a Tourist Boycott of Egypt in Protest of 52 Gay Men Unjustly Arrested and Imprisoned. Boycott Egypt Until Detainees are Released. Photo Credits: GayEgypt.com, Associated Press, Al-Ahram, BBC & Middle East Times August 15th., Trials Begin and Designated as a World Wide Day of Mourning, Support and Solidarity for 52 Gay Egyptian Brothers Arrested and Detained. 34 Members of U.S. House Representatives send a letter to Egyptian President Mubarak. It is direct, Gays and Lesbians as tax payer's, their taxes intern go to Egypt in Aid. Egypt's decision to unjustly prosecute 52 Gay Men and the Men's freedom, will effect continued aid to Egypt. August 15th, 2001, The trials began, as defense attorneys argued the debauchery charge was not punishable by law on the first offense and defendants had no prior debauchery complaints. The August 15th. articles posted on the trials and related articles on the world wide protests. August 16th. articles, Defense attorney's application to have the charges reduced and the trial moved to a lower court is being considered. A decision is expected August 29. Protest Rally, Contact Info and Information Links and More. Listing of planned Protest Rally's, Information, Egyptian Listing of Government Officials, drop them a line, implore them Let Our Gay Brothers Go, Give Them Their Freedom Now. Updated: Comprehensive Egyptian Contact and Information Page added August 15, 2001. August 17, 2001: Amnesty International joins the call for Tourist Boycott of Egypt to gain the Detainees Freedom. Ali Asali founder of GayEgypt.com, the voice of Freedom for Detainees, interview posted on The Middle East Times. September 6, 2001: Op~Ed Article, "Reconciling With Allah" gives a deep look into those Muslim's who are Homosexuals. Being gay is illegal in many Islamic countries and how gays are treated. I found it to be very informative and believe it will for you. Read Article by Yas Ahmed - Vital Signs, posted on AlterNet.org. |
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Middle East News Services & International Human Rights Commission Articles: October 15, 2001: GayEgypt.Com Article. "I Want To Go Home." Sixteen year-old desperate plea. Boy tells journalist about being beaten and police preventing him from phoning home. International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission New Reports of Torture and Legal Misconduct at Cairo-52 Trial. Middle East Times Archives ~ June to August 2001 Articles. August 3, 2001: Explaining Egypt's targeting of gays. July 20, 2001: Trial shows culture clash on homosexuality. July 6, 2001: Jailed men to face trial for sodomy. June 22, 2001: Jailed homosexuals have little sympathy in Egypt. June 15, 2001: Continued detention of alleged gays sparks international concern. Al-Ahram Weekly Online Archives ~ May to August 2001: Articles. The direction Egyptian society is headed with Muslim Brothers and Activists condemned for religious fanaticism, alleged homosexuals are found guilty of religious laxity August 1, 2001 Ethics in the Balance. June 13, 2001 Bothered and Bewildered. June 6, 2001 On to the Next Chapter? May 17, 2001 The Circus is in Town. |
Calls For Boycott of Egypt Until Gay Men Gain Freedom August 15. A Day of Mourning, Support & Solidarty For 52 Gay Egyptian Brothers Imprisoned Unjustly. World Wide Protest to Gain Their Freedom Held [Go] Gay in Egypt Update September to November.[Go]. Articles Gay Muslums & Egypt Gay Bars Closed. [Go] For Most Recent News Articles On Egypt's Witch Hunt of Gay Men Go To Eye On GLBT Crime & Justice News [Go] |
By R. Zeke Fread TBC's Eye on GLBT News Editor Synopsis Below Or Read "Gay in Egypt" Report. |
If you are a male homosexual living in Egypt, you're one step away from being a guest of the government and the accommodations are not pleasant. The Egyptian "Morality Police" are everywhere, they are watching the streets, they listen on the phone and scouring the web.They target homosexual men and ready to pounce at any moment. Should you be who they decide to pounce on, your life will be forever changed and the meaning hell on earth will become a reality. Past six months an intense crackdown on gay men has kept police busy. They have snared numerous gay men who used the internet to meet others for paid or unpaid sex or posting gay oriented material. Gay men recently caught in this trap have been arrested, jailed for months awaiting their day in court and with rights are non-existent. They almost always are found guilty and have been sentenced from three months to fifteen months in prison. May of this year, the Morality Police, Soldiers and State Security Forces who numbered over a hundred gathered along the River Nile in Zamalek, Cairo. In the very early morning hours they raided the Queen Boat Discotheque. Eye-witness accounts said, the gay men arrested they were verbally ridiculed, beaten, dragged to waiting vans and then physically thrown into vans. In total 40 arrests made at the Queen Boat Disco. Police then proceeded to three nearby cites and they made an additional 22 arrests. Arriving at the police station each man was subjected to an invasive examinations to determine if any signs of anal penetration were present. Only 10 of the men were released and the remaining 52 have remained in prison to this day. It must have been a horrific experience for the detainees, their families and their friends. Reports of police inciting other prisoners to torment and harass the gay men. As they just stood by watching prisoners attacking the detainee's and did absolutely nothing to stop the assaults. Egyptian prisons are notorious for obtaining confessions by torture. Reports are that some of the men were being tortured by police to gain confessions from them. Since the mens arrests, grave concern for the gay men has spread world wide. Amnesty International, was the first Human Rights Organizations investigate the arrests, the men's condition, to release statements condemning the men's arrests and conditions. Human Rights Watch, The International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission and European Union also issued statements condemning the Egyptian Government action. Efforts have fallen on deaf ears as the men remain in prison. The prosecutor has referred the 52 men to State Security Court, whose verdicts can not be appealed. Egypt has no laws against homosexuality, but, the gay men are charged under Egyptian Public Morality Laws with Propagating Extremist Ideas, Sparking Civil Strife, Practicing Debauchery With Men and Exploiting the Islamic Religion. Trails began this week, July 17th, and has sent panic through out Egypt's Gay Community and internet sites have closed for fear of recriminations. Some defendants covered their face with towels when entering the courtroom. Their families lash out at journalists taking photographs of the men. Egyptian news media have been relentless in attacks on the men and in their condemnation of their homosexuality. Printing names, occupations, employers and some of the men's pictures. Photo Credits: GayEgypt.com, Associated Press, Al-Ahram, BBC & Middle East Times TBC has closely followed and reported on this terrible situation from the first arrests made in February. We were one of the first GLBT news services to report on the Egyptian police witch hunt of gay men by the use of the internet to entrap or snare gay men using chat rooms, personals and personal homepages. We have included articles, press releases, statements by human rights organizations and eye-witness first hand accounts. Posting updates of comprehensive and detailed news coverage, on the whole story. This is the most disgraceful violation of human rights of gay men by state government officials and police. |
If you are a male homosexual living in Egypt, you're one step away from being a guest of the government and the accommodations are not pleasant. The Egyptian "Morality Police" are everywhere, they are watching the streets, they listen on the phone and scouring the web.They target homosexual men and ready to pounce at any moment. Should you be who they decide to pounce on, your life will be forever changed and the meaning hell on earth will become a reality. Past six months an intense crackdown on gay men has kept police busy. They have snared numerous gay men who used the internet to meet others for paid or unpaid sex or posting gay oriented material. Gay men recently caught in this trap have been arrested, jailed for months awaiting their day in court and with rights are non-existent. They almost always are found guilty and have been sentenced from three months to fifteen months in prison. May of this year, the Morality Police, Soldiers and State Security Forces who numbered over a hundred gathered along the River Nile in Zamalek, Cairo. In the very early morning hours they raided the Queen Boat Discotheque. Eye-witness accounts said, the gay men arrested they were verbally ridiculed, beaten, dragged to waiting vans and then physically thrown into vans. In total 40 arrests made at the Queen Boat Disco. Police then proceeded to three nearby cites and they made an additional 22 arrests. Arriving at the police station each man was subjected to an invasive examinations to determine if any signs of anal penetration were present. Only 10 of the men were released and the remaining 52 have remained in prison to this day. It must have been a horrific experience for the detainees, their families and their friends. Reports of police inciting other prisoners to torment and harass the gay men. As they just stood by watching prisoners attacking the detainee's and did absolutely nothing to stop the assaults. Egyptian prisons are notorious for obtaining confessions by torture. Reports are that some of the men were being tortured by police to gain confessions from them. Since the mens arrests, grave concern for the gay men has spread world wide. Amnesty International, was the first Human Rights Organizations investigate the arrests, the men's condition, to release statements condemning the men's arrests and conditions. Human Rights Watch, The International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission and European Union also issued statements condemning the Egyptian Government action. Efforts have fallen on deaf ears as the men remain in prison. The prosecutor has referred the 52 men to State Security Court, whose verdicts can not be appealed. Egypt has no laws against homosexuality, but, the gay men are charged under Egyptian Public Morality Laws with Propagating Extremist Ideas, Sparking Civil Strife, Practicing Debauchery With Men and Exploiting the Islamic Religion. Trails began this week, July 17th, and has sent panic through out Egypt's Gay Community and internet sites have closed for fear of recriminations. Some defendants covered their face with towels when entering the courtroom. Their families lash out at journalists taking photographs of the men. Egyptian news media have been relentless in attacks on the men and in their condemnation of their homosexuality. Printing names, occupations, employers and some of the men's pictures. Photo Credits: GayEgypt.com, Associated Press, Al-Ahram, BBC & Middle East Times TBC has closely followed and reported on this terrible situation from the first arrests made in February. We were one of the first GLBT news services to report on the Egyptian police witch hunt of gay men by the use of the internet to entrap or snare gay men using chat rooms, personals and personal homepages. We have included articles, press releases, statements by human rights organizations and eye-witness first hand accounts. Posting updates of comprehensive and detailed news coverage, on the whole story. This is the most disgraceful violation of human rights of gay men by state government officials and police. |
By R. Zeke Fread TBC's Eye on GLBT News Editor Synopsis Below Or Read "Gay in Egypt" Report. |
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Calls For Boycott of Egypt Until Gay Men Gain Freedom August 15. A Day of Mourning, Support & Solidarty For 52 Gay Egyptian Brothers Imprisoned Unjustly. World Wide Protest to Gain Their Freedom Held [Go] Gay in Egypt Update September to November.[Go]. Articles Gay Muslums & Egypt Gay Bars Closed. [Go] For Most Recent News Articles On Egypt's Witch Hunt of Gay Men Go To Eye On GLBT Crime & Justice News [Go] |
Middle East News Services & International Human Rights Commission Articles: October 15, 2001: GayEgypt.Com Article. "I Want To Go Home." Sixteen year-old desperate plea. Boy tells journalist about being beaten and police preventing him from phoning home. International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission New Reports of Torture and Legal Misconduct at Cairo-52 Trial. Middle East Times Archives ~ June to August 2001 Articles. August 3, 2001: Explaining Egypt's targeting of gays. July 20, 2001: Trial shows culture clash on homosexuality. July 6, 2001: Jailed men to face trial for sodomy. June 22, 2001: Jailed homosexuals have little sympathy in Egypt. June 15, 2001: Continued detention of alleged gays sparks international concern. Al-Ahram Weekly Online Archives ~ May to August 2001: Articles. The direction Egyptian society is headed with Muslim Brothers and Activists condemned for religious fanaticism, alleged homosexuals are found guilty of religious laxity August 1, 2001 Ethics in the Balance. June 13, 2001 Bothered and Bewildered. June 6, 2001 On to the Next Chapter? May 17, 2001 The Circus is in Town. |
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GayEgypt.com Calls for Boycott of Egypt & World Wide Protests for Detainees Fredom GayEgypt.com and Gay Egyptian's call for a Tourist Boycott of Egypt in Protest of 52 Gay Men Unjustly Arrested and Imprisoned. Boycott Egypt Until Detainees are Released. Photo Credits: GayEgypt.com, Associated Press, Al-Ahram, BBC & Middle East Times August 15th., Trials Begin and Designated as a World Wide Day of Mourning, Support and Solidarity for 52 Gay Egyptian Brothers Arrested and Detained. 34 Members of U.S. House Representatives send a letter to Egyptian President Mubarak. It is direct, Gays and Lesbians as tax payer's, their taxes intern go to Egypt in Aid. Egypt's decision to unjustly prosecute 52 Gay Men and the Men's freedom, will effect continued aid to Egypt. August 15th, 2001, The trials began, as defense attorneys argued the debauchery charge was not punishable by law on the first offense and defendants had no prior debauchery complaints. The August 15th. articles posted on the trials and related articles on the world wide protests. August 16th. articles, Defense attorney's application to have the charges reduced and the trial moved to a lower court is being considered. A decision is expected August 29. Protest Rally, Contact Info and Information Links and More. Listing of planned Protest Rally's, Information, Egyptian Listing of Government Officials, drop them a line, implore them Let Our Gay Brothers Go, Give Them Their Freedom Now. Updated: Comprehensive Egyptian Contact and Information Page added August 15, 2001. August 17, 2001: Amnesty International joins the call for Tourist Boycott of Egypt to gain the Detainees Freedom. Ali Asali founder of GayEgypt.com, the voice of Freedom for Detainees, interview posted on The Middle East Times. September 6, 2001: Op~Ed Article, "Reconciling With Allah" gives a deep look into those Muslim's who are Homosexuals. Being gay is illegal in many Islamic countries and how gays are treated. I found it to be very informative and believe it will for you. Read Article by Yas Ahmed - Vital Signs, posted on AlterNet.org. |
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