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This appeal for an end to Egypt’s anti-LGBT crackdown shows the rainbow flag that was hoisted at the concert on Sept. 22.
“We will not let the world look away while people are detained, arrested, tortured and even disappear because they are ‘suspected’ of being gay.” That’s why activists are calling for an online “tweetstorm” today, seeking the end to Egypt’s latest wave of anti-LGBT arrests, detentions and trials.
A religious appeal for an end to Egypt’s anti-LGBT crackdown.
The arrests continue a much longer and more widespread crackdown by the regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that started in late 2013, primarily targeting human rights defenders and Sisi’s political opponents. By late 2016, at least 274 LGBTQ people in Egypt were targets of police action, prosecution and hate crimes, according to a tally from the advocacy group Solidarity with Egypt LGBTQ+.
Protesters in Italy oppose Egypt’s anti-LGBT crackdown.
We stand in solidarity with the LGBTAQI+ community in Egypt.
A rainbow flag was waved at a concert on Sept 22 in Cairo and a wave of repression and violence began. Egyptian media fanned the flames of hate and discrimination.
We will not let the world look away while people are detained, arrested, tortured and even disappear because they are “suspected” of being gay.
Egypt MUST release all those arrested because of sexual orientation and gender identity.
