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

[Ray Saintonge]

Oldak Quill wrote:
> 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).
It seems as though there is more to this than simply being gay.  As you 
say three of the four were acquitted in this 2003 incident, but I see 
nothing in the articles to show how this one differed from his 
colleagues.  The impression that I get from reading these articles is 
that I am not getting a whole story.

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