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Egypt TV host Mohamed al-Ghiety jailed for interviewing gay man
21 January 2019 Middle East
An Egyptian TV presenter has been sentenced to one year of hard labour for interviewing a gay man last year.
A court in Giza also fined Mohamed al-Ghiety 3,000 Egyptian pounds ($167; £130) for "promoting homosexuality" on his privately owned LTC TV channel.
The gay man, whose identity was hidden, had talked about life as a sex worker.
Homosexuality is not explicitly criminalised in Egypt, however, the authorities have been increasingly cracking down on the LGBT community.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-middle-east-46946612 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-middle-east-46946612)