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Egyptian arrest over gay interview

Summary

The Senator described the arrest and jailing of an Egyptian television interviewer for interviewing a gay man and asked that the Leader request the Foreign Affairs Minister to intervene.

David P.B. Norris Senator David Norris Independent

I want to raise another issue. An Egyptian television interviewer has been arrested, jailed for one year and fined 200 Egyptian pounds for interviewing a gay man on Egyptian television. The interviewer is a well known homophobe who comes out repeatedly with homophobic remarks. He interviewed a man about his life as a gay man in Egypt where homosexuality is not illegal. However, gay men who are consenting male adults in private are consistently nowadays arrested for blasphemy, immorality and debauchery. I would like to ask that this House request the Leader to get the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to send a strong protest, on behalf of the House, to the Egyptian ambassador.

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