An Egyptian
judicial official says four HIV-positive men have been
convicted of being homosexual and sentenced to three years
in prison followed by three years of close police
supervision. The official says on condition of
anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press
that a fifth man without HIV was also convicted and received
the same sentence.
An Egyptian
judicial official says four HIV-positive men have been
convicted of being homosexual and sentenced to three years
in prison followed by three years of close police
supervision.
The official says
on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized
to speak to the press that a fifth man without HIV was also
convicted and received the same sentence.
The defense
lawyer for the five, Adel Ramadan, says the judge convicted
the men of the ''habitual practice of debauchery,'' a term
used in the Egyptian legal system to denote consensual
homosexual acts.
More than 100
human rights groups have slammed the trial and described it
as mainly driven by ignorance and fear of AIDS, warning that
it could undermine HIV/AIDS prevention effort in
Egypt. (AP)
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