Egypt steps up crackdown on homosexuals, arrests 27

Associated Press ^ | Oct 3, 2017 11:00 AM EDT | Samy Magdy

[Olog-hai]

Egypt has stepped up a crackdown on people suspected of homosexuality, arresting a total of 27 in a little more than a week, security officials said Tuesday.

They said the 27 include a man and a woman picked up by police on Monday and all have been charged with “debauchery.”

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to brief the media.

On Monday, Amnesty International called for the “immediate” and “unconditional” release of all people arrested since a Sept 22 concert in Cairo in which an LGBT flag was raised, an incident that sparked the ongoing crackdown. …

[MeganC]

The media will not report this because their two favorite groups - Muslims and queers - are at odds here.

[Steely Tom]

There’s got to be a way to blame this on Trump.

[originalbuckeye]

But, but, but everyone knows the USA is the worst country on earth, when it comes to the LGBT bunch! /s

[ASOC]

As PAul Havey was wont to say

It’s not one world.

What is tolerated in one place, may get you killed in another.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Aside from the anal exam, what are they going to do? Throw them off of a building?

[Flavious_Maximus]

Egypt should grab everyone at Amnesty International and throw them off a tall building instead of the rump rangers.

[a fool in paradise]

>>They said the 27 include a man and a woman picked up by police

They’re doin’ homosexuality wrong...

[Rebelbase]

Damn near killed him.

[Blue House Sue]

The most surprising aspect is that some people raised the gay flag at a concert in Cairo.

[heterosupremacist]

#2 MeganC wrote ~~~ The media will not report this because their two favorite groups - Muslims and queers - are at odds here. Excellent. You condensed it all into one soundbite...

[treetopsandroofs]

“There’s got to be a way to blame this on Trump.”

Is anyone keeping track of the Fraud’s speaking schedule?

We hear a press release once in a while, his handler ValJar the Iranian lives with him, and even his BFF’s at Snopes will only proclaim it “Unproven”.

[OrangeHoof]

Why does the media insist on calling these roundups of butt buddies a “crackdown”? This is the second case this week.

[RetiredTexasVet]

“Crackdown” is probably not an ideal word to be used in this news story!

[Olog-hai]

Could be a Freudian slip on the AP journalist’s part.

[tumblindice]

(gruffness intensifies) Sgt. Hosni al-Hartman: "The only guys I know named `Aladdin' are steers or female camels, yes yes! You lady men must not hold hands in the barracks, no no, or I'll have your sleek buttocks sucking goat milk!" (haba da haba da and shrill ululating)

[fwdude]

Stupid title. They weren’t arrested for “homosexuality” but for homosexual propaganda where children and the public were affected. This is any sane society’s right.

[Olog-hai]

You know the AP and stupid headlines.

[SunkenCiv]

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