In a time of torture : the assault on justice in Egypt's crackdown on homosexual conduct / Human Rights Watch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Human Rights Watch (Organization)

Contributor:

Long, Scott.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality--Law and legislation--Egypt.

Homosexuality.

Homosexuality--Government policy--Egypt.

Gay people--Government policy--Egypt.

Gay people.

Gay people--Legal status, laws, etc--Egypt.

Gay people--Crimes against--Egypt.

Gay rights--Egypt.

Gay rights.

Police brutality--Egypt.

Police brutality.

Human rights--Egypt.

Human rights.

Gays--Crimes against.

Gay people--Legal status, laws, etc.

Gays--Government policy.

Homosexuality--Government policy.

Homosexuality--Law and legislation.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

144 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Assault on justice in Egypt's crackdown on homosexual conduct

Egypt's crackdown on homosexual conduct

Place of Publication:

New York : Human Rights Watch, [2004]

Contents:

I Justice at Stake: An Introduction 1

C Creating a Moral Panic 6

II Homosexual Conduct and the Law: The Conditions for a Crackdown 10

A Khaled's Story 10

B The Development of "Debauchery" 13

C "Dance, Khawalat, Dance": Growing Harassment and the Dangers of Community 16

III Scandal and Stigma: The Queen Boat Trials 22

A The First Defendant 23

B "Some Salt in the Dish": Police Prepare the Case 25

C "While I was Beaten, Time Stopped": The Queen Boat Raid 30

D Detention and Defamation 37

E Trial and Retrial 41

IV In the Wake of the Queen Boat: Assaults on Privacy and Community 49

A Introduction to an Informer: A Birthday Party in Al-Haram 49

B "Of Course the Police Would Trump Something Up": A Party in Boulaq Al-Dakrour 52

C Torture in Damanhour: The "Beheira Perverts' Organization" 55

D "I am Broken By This": An Apartment in Tanta 61

E Hafez Celebrates Again: Twelve Men in Agouza 65

F "They Thought That This Was Personal Freedom": A Wiretap in Giza 68

V Exploiting Solitude: Entrapment Over the Internet 73

A Raoul's Story 73

B Sex, Lies, and Cyberspace: Identities of an Entrapper 74

C Arrest and Interrogation 78

D "The Country of Hate" 81

VI A Flawed Mirror: Prejudice and the Workings of Justice 88

A A Moulid in Tanta 88

B Fear, Loathing, and the Law: The Effect of Stigma 91

i Surveillance, Arrests, and Harassment 92

ii Without Protection of the Law 94

iii Failure of Due Process 96

VII Bodies and Evidence: The Motives, and Medicine, of Torture 101

A Shebl and Naguib's Story 101

B Pressure for Proof, Power of Stigma 105

C Medical Torture: Forensic Anal Examinations and the Assault on Bodily Integrity 107

i Medicine and Myth 107

ii "Dignity" and "Consent" 113

A Legal Standards 116

i The Right to Privacy and the Right to Freedom from Discrimination 116

ii The Right to Freedom from Torture 119

iii Health Professionals and Torture 120

iv The Right to Freedom From Arbitrary Arrest and Detention 122

v The Right to a Fair Trial 123

vi The Right to Freedom of Expression 124

vii The Rights to Freedom of Association and Assembly 125

B Recommendations 125

ii On Freedom of Expression and Communications 126

iii On Fair Trials 126

iv On Arbitrary Detention and Torture 126

v Recommendations to Other Agencies and Countries 128

Appendix Laws Affecting Male Homosexual Conduct in Egypt 129

A Relevant Articles of Law 10/1961 on the Combating of Prostitution 129

B Moral Panic and the Criminalization of "Debauchery" in Egyptian Law 131

C "Habituality" 135

D "Advertising" and "Inducing": Other Provisions 137

E Police Supervision and Institutionalization 141.

Notes:

"This report was written by Scott Long ..." -- Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1564322963

OCLC:

54525704