[Foundation-l] Concern for the safety of WikimaniansinAlexandria

[Philippe Beaudette]

Interesting; I hadn't seen that report.



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From: "Oldak Quill" <oldakquill at gmail.com>
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WikimaniansinAlexandria

> On 06/03/2008, Philippe Beaudette <philippebeaudette at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just to carry the analogy to extremes, it's also a lot easier to be
>>  persecuted for false assumptions about one's sexuality than one's skin 
>> color
>>  (ie, law enforcement makes up their own mind about your sexuality, but 
>> not
>>  skin color...)
>>
>>  But I've seen no evidence of profiling of that type, to clarify.
>>
>>  Philippe
>
> From a BBC News Online article
> (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/1858469.stm):
>
> "The police told the man to take down his trousers. They wanted to see
> if he was wearing typical Egyptian underwear - baggy white cotton. If
> he was not, they said he must be a homosexual. He failed the test.
>
> The police started to beat him. They tortured him for three days. Six
> months later he still has scars on his arms and back."
>
> -- 
> Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)
>
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