Will the "New Middle East" Be a Welcoming Place for Gays and Lesbians?
03/07/2011 - IGLHRC in the News

Coming Out in the Developing World: Insurgent Queer Identities in the Middle East
02/21/2011 - IGLHRC Global Monitor

"One Day, One Struggle" to Promote Human Rights Across Muslim Societies: Second Round
Advocates in Twelve Countries Gather for Milestone in History of Sexual and Reproductive Rights Movement
11/04/2010 - From Our Partners

Egypt: Four Presumed Homosexuals Acquitted in Cairo
More Arrests Continue to Take Place
09/25/2002 - Press Release

Egypt: Trial of Suspected Homosexuals Continues in Cairo
09/07/2002 - Press Release

Egypt: United Nations Condemns Trials of Suspected Homosexuals
Groundbreaking Step by Major U.N. Working Body
08/19/2002 - Press Release

Egypt: IGLHRC Protests Double Jeopardy
The second trial of 50 of the "Cairo 52" men opened in Cairo today. The 50 defendants include both those who were acquitted as well as those who were convicted in an earlier trial that ended November 14, 2001.
07/02/2002 - Press Release

Egypt: One Conviction Overturned In Cairo
06/26/2002 - Action Alert

Egypt: New Conviction in Cairo
06/18/2002 - Action Alert

Egypt: Act *Now* Against Internet Entrapment and Renewed Persecution
New Prison Terms Handed Down for Alleged Homosexual Behavior
06/03/2002 - Action Alert

Egypt: Stop The Cairo Two-Step!
05/30/2002 - Action Alert

Egypt: IGLHRC Calls for Halt on Egyptian Prosecution
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) today called on Egyptian prosecutors not to launch new trials against 50 men already subjected to a sham trial for homosexual conduct last year.
05/26/2002 - Press Release

Egypt: IGLHRC Responds With Shock At News of Retrial in Egypt
05/22/2002 - Press Release

Egypt: IGLHRC Calls For Continued Pressure
04/13/2002 - Press Release

Egypt: New Prison Sentences for Alleged Homosexuals
"Damanhour Five" Convicted Today
03/11/2002 - Press Release

Egypt: New Stories Of Torture And Brutality
"Damanhour Five" Tell Of Beatings And Electroshock While Mubarak Visits U.S.
03/07/2002 - Action Alert

Egypt: Mubarak to Meet Bush One Day After New Trial
Demand the U.S. Condemn Continuing Repression!
03/04/2002 - Action Alert

Egypt: Europe and the US Bankroll Persecution of Homosexuals in Egypt
IGLHRC Urges Action As Arrests Intensify
02/12/2002 - Press Release

Egypt: The "Boulak Four"
Europe and the US Bankroll Brutality Abroad

E-Mail Blast the Abusers and Their Allies!!
02/07/2002 - Action Alert

New York Event: Amnesty International and IGLHRC Host 'Cairo 52: A Case Study in LGBT Human Rights Abuses
02/07/2002 - Press Release

Egypt: The Hunt Against Homosexuals Continues
Additional Arrests Reported in Damanhour
01/20/2002 - Press Release

Egypt: Teenager Released from Jail After His Sentence Is Reduced on Appeal
New Hope for Remaining Men In Prison Because of Presumed Homosexuality
12/19/2001 - Press Release

Egypt: One Step toward Justice, Two Steps Back
More Convictions for Homosexual Conduct in Egypt as Jailed Teenager is Freed
12/19/2001 - Press Release

Egypt: More Arrests of Presumed Homosexuals
Details Parallel Cairo 52 Case
11/15/2001 - Press Release

Egypt: 1 to 5 Years of Hard Labor for 23 Presumed Homosexuals in Cairo
IGLHRC Calls on President Mubarak to Intervene
11/14/2001 - Press Release

Egypt: 23 Presumed Homosexuals Sentenced to Hard Labor
11/14/2001 - Action Alert

Egypt: Cairo 52 - Activists Await Final Sentence November 14
An IGLHRC Representative Will Monitor Hearing in Cairo
11/13/2001 - Press Release

Egypt: Free the Cairo 52; Release Teenager in Jail!
11/09/2001 - Action Alert

Egypt: Cairo 52 - Police Arrests Lose All Credibility As Trial Closes
Final Sentences, Not Subject to Appeal, Set for November 14
10/16/2001 - Press Release

Egypt: Egyptian Justice on Trial - The Case of the Cairo 52
FACT SHEET October 15, 2001
10/15/2001 - IGLHRC Global Monitor

Egypt: New Reports of Torture and Legal Misconduct at Cairo 52 Trial
Next Hearing October 10, Final Sentences Expected This Month
10/04/2001 - Press Release

Egypt: Teenager Sentenced in Cairo Case, New Evidence of Torture
Repression Must Stop Now!
09/21/2001 - Action Alert

Egypt: Gays in Egypt Latest Casualty of Terrorism and War
Cairo-52 Men Expect Harsh Sentences
09/21/2001 - Press Release

Egypt: Pressure on Egypt Mounts as Trial of 52 Men on Homosexual Charges Opens August 15th
IGLHRC Calls for Their Immediate and Unconditional Release
08/14/2001 - Press Release

Egypt: Perversion of Justice - Protest the Cairo Trial!
08/13/2001 - Action Alert

Egypt: Explaining Egypt's Targeting of Gays
MIddle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)
Press Information Note 64

(Reproduced with MERIP's permission)
07/23/2001 - From Our Partners

Egypt: Emergency Court Trials for Homosexual Suspects
07/03/2001 - Press Release

Egypt: Witch Hunt Underway
05/03/2001 - Action Alert