[Foundation-l] Reboot on LGBT/Egypt issue (was Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen in Alexandria, Egypt)

[Oldak Quill]

On 14/10/2007, Daniel Mayer <maveric149 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> What I would like to see, however, are some statistics, not anecdotes, on the real risk GLBT
> visitors* to Egypt will face. If those aren't forthcoming, then I don't think further discussion
> will be particularly useful.

Four non-Egyptians (read foreigners) were put on trial in Egypt for
homosexuality in 2003. Three were acquitted on appeal and one was sent
to prison for a year (http://www.mask.org.za/article.php?cat=&id=205)
(http://www.mask.org.za/article.php?cat=&id=198).

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Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)