STIGMATISING HIV-positive men will not help the Egyptian government contain the spread of the disease. Officials are accused of using the HIV status of some gay men to bolster the case for jailing them under anti-gay laws, and violating human rights by forcing detainees to undergo HIV tests and intimate bodily examinations.
“Prosecuting Egyptians for their HIV status will keep them from seeking treatment”
Last week, five men were put on trial, charged with the “habitual practice of debauchery” – a euphemism for homosexual sex. As the trial began, the lead government prosecutor told a lawyer for the defendants that…
