Latest in Tag: Rainbow flag Highlight
Latest in Tag: Rainbow flag
15-day detention for 2 new suspects in rainbow case
High State Security prosecution authority ordered on Monday a 15-day detention pending investigations for two defendants against the backdrop of the publicly known rainbow flag case. Sarah Hegazy and Ahmed Alaa are accused of “joining an illegal organisation which aims at obstructing constitutional rules and incite to debauchery in a public place,” state-media stated. The …
Court sentences student after accusation of waving rainbow flag
State-affiliated organisations continues backlash against homosexuals following Mashrou’ Leila concert
High State Security prosecution to investigate rainbow flag caseÂ
The High State Security prosecution is to investigate debauchery charges against seven people arrested on Monday for raising a rainbow flag during a concert in Cairo. Prosecutor-General Nabil Sadeq ordered the investigations “into the party recently held by a group of gay people,” state news agency MENA reported. During Friday’s concert by Lebanese band Mashrou’ …
Rainbow flag in Mashrou’ Leila concert stirs anger in Egypt, band faces ban
We are a religious society, and this is against our values, says Musicians Syndicate deputy presidentÂ