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Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:33:50 +0200
From: MeMo <moamen(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Reboot on LGBT/Egypt issue (was Re:
[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen in Alexandria, Egypt)
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OK .. people
there is something that i need to clarify
you r talking like once a gay man enters the an Egyptian airport he will be
arrested 'for being gay' the imprisoned and tortured .. i must say that this
is TOTALY wrong.
the only case that a gay or a straight person might get arrested is for
doing a direct sexual act in a public place - a street or instance - and
this apply to both heterosexual and homosexuals a like .. other than that
there is no problem if you already have a partner.
as renting a hotel room with you partner or holding his hand is no problem
at all simply because those acts are common in Egypt ..
men do hold each others hand and friends do rent rooms together without
being considered gay or harassing them in any mean .
Really? Read this link: <http://www.gaymiddleeast.com/country/egypt>
then tell me that its not true. Not to mention
<http://hrw.org/reports/2004/egypt0304/> at Human Rights Watch. And no
one ever said that every homosexual will be arrested the second they get
off the plane. What has been being said is that the risk is too high to
take the chance in a country that forbids it in every way regardless if
its in a hotel or not.
Jason Safoutin