The Assault on Justice in Egypt's Crackdown on Homosexual Conduct
This 144-page report documents the government’s increasing repression of men who have sex with men. The trial of 52 men in 2001 for the “habitual practice of debauchery”—the legal charge used to criminalize homosexual conduct in Egyptian law—was only the most visible point in the ongoing and expanding crackdown. Today, Egyptian police use wiretaps and a growing web of informers to conduct raids on private homes or seize suspects on the street. Undercover police agents arrange meetings with men through chat rooms and personal advertisements on the Internet—and then arrest them.
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ISBN: 1564322963
ISBN: 1564322963
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- In a Time of Torture
- I. Justice at Stake: An Introduction
- II. Homosexual Conduct and the Law: The Conditions for a Crackdown
- III. Scandal and Stigma: The Queen Boat Trials
- IV. In the Wake of the Queen Boat: Assaults on Privacy and Community
- V. Exploiting Solitude: Entrapment Over the Internet
- VI. A Flawed Mirror: Prejudice and the Workings of Justice
- VII. Bodies and Evidence: The Motives, and Medicine, of Torture
- VIII. Conclusions
- APPENDIX: Laws Affecting Male Homosexual Conduct in Egypt
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS






