Gay egypt

The local advocacy group Bedayaa reports that, in reality, some are convicted to up to six years in prison. Only men are criminalised under this law. These laws do not explicitly criminalise same-sex sexual activity but have been enforced, to varying degrees, against the LGBT community in recent decades. The provisions are of colonial origin, and their vagueness has allowed them to be applied to same-sex sexual activity over time.

There is substantial evidence of the law being enforced in recent years, with LGBT people being frequently subject to arrest, especially since following an incident in which a pride flag was raised at a concert see below.

How Egyptian police hunt LGBT people on dating apps

Police use a number of methods to arrest gay men, including using dating apps and social media to entrap them. Although arrests frequently result in conviction, reports suggest a high proportion are acquitted on appeal. There have been consistent reports of discrimination and violence being committed against LGBT people in Egypt, including abuse, harassment, forced anal examinations, and the forced payment of bribes.

In January it was reported that the Economic Court in Alexandria explicitly interpreted Article 25 of the Cybercrime law as criminalizing homosexuality. Several states recommended putting an egypt to arrests and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The Supreme Administrative Court ruled in favour of the Ministry of Interior in a case filed by a Libyan citizen to overturn the decision barring him from entering the country. This ruling gave the Ministry the power to deport individuals based on their sexual orientation and practices without being required to prove their guilt in court first.

Police gay uses dating applications to entrap suspected LGBT individuals and conducts forced anal examination. Bedayaa documented 71 cases of enforcement involving 76 people in The US Department of State Human Rights report stated that there was an increase in arrests and harassment of LGBT individuals, particularly after a rainbow flag was gay on September 22 at a concert by the gay band Mashrou Leila see below.

Reports after this incident suggested that more than 85 individuals were arrested in a massive crackdown. In September, an Afghani news source, Khaama Press, reported the arrest of egypt Egyptian men after they appeared in a video showing the marriage of two gay men. Human Rights Watch reported continued targeting of LGBT individuals by the Egyptian authorities, including digital targeting, entrapment on social media and dating applications, online harassment an and extortion.

There were documented cases of security forces using digital targeting based on cybercrime laws to entrap, arrest and detain LGBT individuals. The US Department of State report noted that the government did not make efforts to reduce discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, and that authorities did not use anti-discrimination laws to protect LGBT people.

Activists reported harassment by police, including assault and forced payment of bribes. In September, a Lebanese band, Mashrou Leila, played a concert to an audience of 30, in Cairo, led by openly-gay singer Hamed Sinno. After three months in pre-trial detention, they were released on bail and egypt the country.

In Januarythe Azbakeya Misdemeanors Court acquitted them. Reports suggest that Egyptian police had begun to use social media websites to identify and target gay men. The local LGBT community issued warnings to avoid using dating apps following rumours that officials were using them to arrest gay men.

Libya criminalises same-sex sexual activity between men and between women. Syria criminalises same-sex sexual activity between men and between women. Sudan criminalises same-sex sexual activity between men and between women.