Egypt Steps Up HIV Arrests

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CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egyptian police have stepped up arrests of persons suspected of having HIV, detaining four men this month...

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... one police official speaking on condition of anonymity said there is a campaign to get persons registered in hospital records as HIV-positive into treatment in "special clinics."

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Four men were convicted in mid-January of "habitual practice of debauchery," a term used in the Egyptian legal system for consensual homosexual acts ... Those men have been sentenced to one-year prison terms that have been upheld by an appeals court, the group said.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080215/D8UR2FM00.html

[Amby 490]

wow a year in prison for bumming each other! that is a little over the top to me. let the bummers do as they please as long as they're safe

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wow a year in prison for bumming each other! that is a little over the top to me. let the bummers do as they please as long as they're safe

Egypt is an interesting place.

[Amby 490]

I was there once when I was 14 I went for spring break with my friend because her uncle was the us ambassador to egypt at the time. kinda cool we got to stay in their big azz palace and have servants. yay for servants!