{"id":3710,"date":"2023-12-13T13:52:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T13:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/?p=3710"},"modified":"2024-01-23T13:54:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T13:54:09","slug":"chasing-and-harassment-violent-targeting-of-the-lgbt-community-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing and Harassment: Violent Targeting of the LGBT+ Community in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to investigations by BBC Arabic in Egypt, criminal gangs have been targeting the LGBT+ community, leading to a police pursuit(this is confusing, are gangs working with the police and is the police pursuing these gangs to punish them, the rest of the article does not talk about the gangs?). These gangs are\u00a0 exploiting and victimising individuals they&#8217;ve trapped through online dating apps, as well as\u00a0 committing theft, extortion, and abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3711\" src=\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945-1030x1030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"1030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC exclusively acquired records illustrating how the police utilise dating and social apps to track and apprehend members of the LGBT+ community based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, creating a hostile environment that offers no space for concealment or reporting of any violations against them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In September 2017, during a Mashrou&#8217; Leila concert, more than 70 individuals were arrested for raising rainbow flags showing escalating crackdowns on LGBT+ groups in the Middle East and North Africa. During this period, dating apps were employed extensively to target many detained people. Patterns of arrests emerged: &#8220;Security forces use fake profiles to pose as individuals interested in relationships. Furthermore, mobile phones are inspected at police checkpoints, and government operatives even infiltrate group chats to build cases against LGBT+ communities. Local groups have long been aware of these abuses, but there&#8217;s been a lack of concerted efforts to assist those targeted. Meanwhile, similar cases of exploitation are on the rise in other countries.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This occurs in the absence of specific laws concerning the LGBT+ community, as religious laws are often being implemented. Meanwhile, Law No. 10\/1961, aimed at combating debauchery, is selectively used to target individuals with different sexual orientations and gender identities. Same-sex relations in Egypt are reportedly punishable by up to three years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to investigations by BBC Arabic in Egypt, criminal gangs have been targeting the LGBT+ community, leading to a police pursuit(this is confusing, are gangs working with the police and is the police pursuing these gangs to punish them, the rest of the article does not talk about the gangs?). These gangs are\u00a0 exploiting and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chasing and Harassment: Violent Targeting of the LGBT+ Community in Egypt - 6rang<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chasing and Harassment: Violent Targeting of the LGBT+ Community in Egypt - 6rang\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to investigations by BBC Arabic in Egypt, criminal gangs have been targeting the LGBT+ community, leading to a police pursuit(this is confusing, are gangs working with the police and is the police pursuing these gangs to punish them, the rest of the article does not talk about the gangs?). These gangs are\u00a0 exploiting and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"6rang\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/6rang.Iran\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-13T13:52:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-23T13:54:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Melika\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@6rangiran\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@6rangiran\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Melika\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Melika\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/eed99527d90b04b4bd9f621cff9f3d34\"},\"headline\":\"Chasing and Harassment: Violent Targeting of the LGBT+ Community in Egypt\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-13T13:52:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-23T13:54:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/\"},\"wordCount\":296,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/\",\"name\":\"Chasing and Harassment: Violent Targeting of the LGBT+ Community in Egypt - 6rang\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-13T13:52:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-23T13:54:09+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chasing and Harassment: Violent Targeting of the LGBT+ Community in Egypt\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/\",\"name\":\"6rang\",\"description\":\"Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#organization\",\"name\":\"6rang\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo-6rang-en.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo-6rang-en.png\",\"width\":440,\"height\":156,\"caption\":\"6rang\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/6rang.Iran\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/6rangiran\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/6rangiran\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/6rangIran\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/eed99527d90b04b4bd9f621cff9f3d34\",\"name\":\"Melika\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17cd923a09914abd2a8e111987a98ecdc6c261282315b67f83a15a88b3c9dc3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17cd923a09914abd2a8e111987a98ecdc6c261282315b67f83a15a88b3c9dc3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Melika\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chasing and Harassment: Violent Targeting of the LGBT+ Community in Egypt - 6rang","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chasing and Harassment: Violent Targeting of the LGBT+ Community in Egypt - 6rang","og_description":"According to investigations by BBC Arabic in Egypt, criminal gangs have been targeting the LGBT+ community, leading to a police pursuit(this is confusing, are gangs working with the police and is the police pursuing these gangs to punish them, the rest of the article does not talk about the gangs?). These gangs are\u00a0 exploiting and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/","og_site_name":"6rang","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/6rang.Iran\/","article_published_time":"2023-12-13T13:52:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-23T13:54:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Melika","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@6rangiran","twitter_site":"@6rangiran","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Melika","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/"},"author":{"name":"Melika","@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/eed99527d90b04b4bd9f621cff9f3d34"},"headline":"Chasing and Harassment: Violent Targeting of the LGBT+ Community in Egypt","datePublished":"2023-12-13T13:52:32+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-23T13:54:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/"},"wordCount":296,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945.jpg","articleSection":["Articles","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/","url":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/","name":"Chasing and Harassment: Violent Targeting of the LGBT+ Community in Egypt - 6rang","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-13T13:52:32+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-23T13:54:09+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_8945.jpg","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/3710\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chasing and Harassment: Violent Targeting of the LGBT+ Community in Egypt"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/","name":"6rang","description":"Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#organization","name":"6rang","url":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo-6rang-en.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo-6rang-en.png","width":440,"height":156,"caption":"6rang"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/6rang.Iran\/","https:\/\/x.com\/6rangiran","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/6rangiran\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/6rangIran"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/eed99527d90b04b4bd9f621cff9f3d34","name":"Melika","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17cd923a09914abd2a8e111987a98ecdc6c261282315b67f83a15a88b3c9dc3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17cd923a09914abd2a8e111987a98ecdc6c261282315b67f83a15a88b3c9dc3a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Melika"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3713,"href":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710\/revisions\/3713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}