Cairo 52

[1] Of fifty-two men arrested, fifty were charged with "habitual practice of debauchery" and "obscene behaviour" under Article 9c of Law No.

[4] According to the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, the men were subjected to beatings and forensic examinations to "prove their homosexuality".

The defendants were vilified in the Egyptian media, which printed their real names and addresses and branded them as agents against the state.

[5] In May 2002, those convicted were released pending a second trial; both the guilty and not-guilty verdicts were overturned, provoking international outrage.

[6] The Cairo 52 were featured in a documentary by After Stonewall Productions, narrated by Janeane Garofalo, entitled Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World.