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Egypt jails 16 for ‘debauchery’ as LGBT crackdown continues

Although “homosexuality is not explicitly criminalized under Egyptian law”, a 1961 prostitution law has allowed authorities to charge those “suspected of engaging in consensual homosexual conduct with ‘habitual debauchery’.” This topic has received increased attention since rainbow flags were raised … Continue reading

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