Cersei 56 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Egypt: Eight men sentenced to three years in prison for ‘gay wedding’ Cairo court hands down jail sentence amid uproar from defendants’ families A court in Egypt has sentenced eight men to three years in prison for appearing in a video that purported to show a gay wedding. The video, which became an online hit after it was posted on YouTube in September, shows two men kissing, exchanging rings and embracing among cheering friends. It was filmed at a birthday party held on a boat on the Nile. The sentences, which can be appealed, were met with uproar from the families of the defendants, who demonstrated outside the court in central Cairo and were dispersed by police. The defendants, who had denied the charges, stood silent in the courtroom cage as the verdict was read, one of them holding up a copy of the Qur’an. The eight were arrested in September when Egypt’s chief prosecutor decided that the video was “shameful to God†and “offensive to public moralsâ€. At the last hearing, on 11 October, a spokesman for the justice ministry’s forensics department insisted the men were innocent. “The entire case is made up and lacks basis. The police did not arrest them red-handed and the video does not prove anything,†Hesham Abdel Hamed said. “The medical test showed that the eight defendants have not practised homos-xuality recently or in the past.†He was referring to a--l examinations, a long-standing practice in Egypt that Human Rights Watch has condemned. The New-York-based lobby group had called for the men be released. Homos-xuality is not illegal in Egypt, but it is a social taboo, and allegedly gay men have often been arrested on charges of immorality. In the most notorious example, 52 men were arrested in 2001 for their perceived s-xuality, in what became known as the Queen Boat case. In April, four men were convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison for “debauchery†after allegedly holding gay s-x parties where women’s clothing and makeup were found. Human Rights Watch said in September that Egyptian authorities had repeatedly arrested and tortured men suspected of having gay s-x. Saturday’s sentences are the latest in a crackdown by authorities against gay people and atheists. The campaign also targets liberal and pro-democracy activists and anyone who breaks a draconian law on street protests. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/01/egypt-gay-wedding-video-cairo-court-sentence-defendants-families?CMP=share_btn_tw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaMaisonGaga 23,884 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Jesus christ, calm down egypt your ancients had gay s-x everyday lamaisongaga.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTV 13,929 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 poor lovers :emo: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Josh 3 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Oh religion... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenART 429 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 omg, people are being put in jail because they love :emo: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bye 3,947 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Why are they doing this if homos-xuality is not illegal? (at least the Muslim Brotherhood is not in charge else they'd probably have gotten the death sentence). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterOfSpain 8,331 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 They fell in love, but not in court. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foivos 64 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Jesus christ, calm down egypt your ancients had gay s-x everyday LoL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mucinex 4,260 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 i c u Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTV 13,929 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 i c u did u fall for it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHANTEL 2 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Why are they doing this if homos-xuality is not illegal? (at least the Muslim Brotherhood is not in charge else they'd probably have gotten the death sentence). right? how d they even have the right to sentence someone like that when it's not even illegal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bye 3,947 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 right? how d they even have the right to sentence someone like that when it's not even illegal? It's really sad :( I mean yeah gay marriage is illegal but just by doing a ceremony isn't doing anything wrong since legally it's not recognised anyway. I thought Egypt were trying to move forward, apart from Tunisia they seemed like the only country to have actually turned out for the better after their respective Arab Springs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mucinex 4,260 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 did u fall for it? not for a second tbh but nice try lol i'm sure for the one person who didn't fall for it there are 10 who did Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haroon 49,685 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Wait so homos-xuality isn't illegal AND they've been found not to have done anything homos-xual recently and they're still jailed? What did they do in the video that broke the law? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHANTEL 2 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 isn't it illegal to jail someone who's innocent tho like they didn't commit any crime since the homos-xuality isn't illegal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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