Egypt "hunting down" gays, conducting forced anal exams - Amnesty

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



#WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 / 7:48 AM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO

CAIRO (Reuters) - Six Egyptian men arrested for “promoting sexual deviancy” and “debauchery” on social media will be subjected to anal examinations ahead of their Oct. 1 trial, Amnesty International said on Saturday.

Their arrest is part of a wider crackdown against homosexuality that started last week when a group of people were seen raising a rainbow flag at a concert, a rare public show of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in the conservative Muslim country.

At least 11 people have since been arrested, Amnesty said, and one man has been sentenced to six years in jail after local media launched a highly critical campaign against those who raised the rainbow flag at a Mashrou’ Leila concert, a popular Lebanese alternative rock band whose lead singer is openly gay.

Amnesty said the Forensic Medical Authority was due to subject the six men to anal examinations to determine whether they have had homosexual sex. Judicial sources said any defendant accused of “debauchery” or “sexual deviancy”, a euphemism for homosexuality in Egypt, is subjected to a medical examination based on an order from the Public Prosecutor.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-rights/egypt-hunting-down-gays-conducting-forced-anal-exams-amnesty-idUSKCN1C50D3?il=0

[femmedem]

1. Sadists. n/t

[sandensea]

2. They sound like Republicans

Religious zealots all have the same thing in common: they're obsessed with what others do in bed.

Perhaps it's because so little happens in their own.

[flibbitygiblets]

6. Or more likely, because they don't trust themselves

All the kinky, lurid shit going on in their own heads scares the poop out of them, so they naturally assume everyone else is thinking the same thing. And of course, the only solution is to...look in people's butts?

Religion is probably the worst thing that ever happened to humanity.

[EL34x4]

14. Republicans are giving gays forced anal exams?

Where? Because as far as I can tell, this barbaric treatment of gays only takes place in Islamic countries.

[leftynyc]

19. False equivalency

BS only minimizes what the gays in Egypt are facing. Forced rectal exam? Where? Which republican has suggested this?

[sandensea]

24. You're right.

Many if not most Republicans, if they could, would just kill them outright - and do so on a mere rumor or hunch.

Egyptian fundamentalists at least check.

[leftynyc]

28. More hyperbolic BS

And still nothing addressing what IS happening to the gays in Egypt. Why so anxious to deflect from their reality?

[msongs]

3. religion strikes again nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Hate around the world has been enabled. Azerbaijan also has a very bad crackdown now. . nt

[NobodyHere]

21. Was it ever disabled?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. No, of course not. But I'm referring to what everybody says about tRump and the way

... the way tRump has emboldened racists and other bigots to come out of the woodwork and be more public & vocal about their prejudices in the US.

The same thing is happening around the world.

Just like the Sessions Justice Dept reversed the position of most recent Presidents and now says employers can fire gays just for being gay, so there is now also increased state action against LGBT in Chechnya, Azerbaijan, and Egypt.

[Dopers_Greed]

5. This is what conservatives want to turn America into

[EL34x4]

13. Conservatives want to turn America into an Islamic theocracy?

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. A Christian theocracy.

But you knew that......

[EL34x4]

16. What I know is that everytime there is an account of some atrocity...

...being committed in an Islamic country, people here can't wait to chime in, "Christian GOP'ers would love to do this here!"

Except there's virtually ZERO chance that here in America, even under the most conservative Christian GOP-controlled government, we will ever see gays facing anything close to the state-sanctioned violence, discrimination, and humiliation that happens to them daily in Islamic governments all over the world.

But you knew that......

[Plucketeer]

18. And Donald Trump

never had a CHANCE at becoming president...... But you knew that.

[RKP5637]

7. Religion, the creepiest sadistic invention of mankind. n/t

[Archae]

8. Funny thing, these same laws are in place on the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

But the professional outrage machine doesn't acknowledge this.

[Voltaire2]

9. "professional outrage machine" - what a despicable framing.

The persecution of people for their sexual orientation is wrong everywhere. Trying to turn this specific outrageous incident into an Israel v Palestine discussion is unconscionable, what is going on in Egypt right now has nothing to do with that.

There is a very nice forum where you can have that discussion. Please take it there.

[leftynyc]

20. I've been on this board

A very long time and ONLY stories like this about Islamic countries IMMEDIATELY bring the posts about false equivalency how "if only they could" do it here. All that does is minimize the reality of gay life in Islamic countries. And atrocious laws and actions from the Palestinians get a near total pass. And the ONLY time people want stories about IP sent to that forum are ones that make Palestine look bad.

[chowder66]

10. The Forensic Medical Authority are rapists. While gays are consenting adults.

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. +1000000!

[Coventina]

11. I have no words. This is sick. What kind of fear do you have to have to do this?

What kind of petty, hateful god do they worship?

[Solly Mack]

17. Sick fucks.

Warped minded pieces of shit.

[MLAA]

26. +1

[BigOleDummy]

22. Welcome to

... a theocratic government. Let's keep putting "people" who place THEIR god above OUR country in place's of power and this kind of atrocity will be going on here too. Alabama's Mr. Moore pop's into mind...............

[TrogL]

25. So how does this anal exam thing work?

I suffer from constipation. It's normal for me. The other day I dropped a turd the size of a bowling pin. Anal tearing resulted. If that's what they're looking for they're going to get a lot of false positives.

[unblock]

27. The only thing they're "looking for" is a way to persecute gay people

It's not a medical exam. It's anal rape as a threat to deter homosexuality.