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Entry #432: Homosexual activity in Egypt

Original entry by kevinkobori kevinkobori ()

RegionEgypt
IssueHomosexual activity
StatusIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Start Datepast
End Datenow
DescriptionOffenders may be imprisoned from three months to three years.
Sourceshttp://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/egypt0304/9.htm

2 Revisions

2. Revision #70 ( by danlev)
Field New Value (Current) Old Value
ValueIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)Illegal (other penalty)
Start Date Unknownmonth
NoteOffenders may be imprisoned from three months to three years.
Sourceshttp://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/egypt0304/9.htm
1. Revision #71 ( by danlev)
Field New Value Old Value (Original)
ValueIllegal (other penalty)Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Start Date Unknownmonth
NoteOffenders may be imprisoned from three months to three years.
Sourceshttp://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/egypt0304/9.htm

6 Reports

  1. Status is not correct. "Male illegal, Female unclear http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf"
  2. Newer law has been passed. "as of 2014, homosexuality is not illegal. http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/09/world/africa/egypts-gay-community-living-in-fear/"
  3. Status is not correct. "Although homosexuality is not illegal under Egyptian law, homosexual acts in public are illegal and homosexuals have been convicted for breaching laws on public decency. From https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/egypt/local-laws-and-customs"
  4. Other.
  5. Other. "it should be reported that there is no a crime affecting direclty homosexuality, but rather it's a peculiar interpretation of the crime of debauchery that allows the courts to persecute homosexuality"
  6. Status is not correct. "Illegal for both male and female"

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