Talk:Human rights in Egypt
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[edit] Torture of gay men in Egypt
Young men, mere teenagers, were arrested by the Egyptian police for being gay. They couldn't quit, walk away, or object to anything unless they wanted to face beatings, rape, jail, electroshocks, or worse.
The reason behind this? A conditioned culture of fear and hate of homosexuality in the Egyptian Armed Forces:
Conscripts, as young as 16, were taught to be fierce, brutal, and insular. Hazing was ferocious, especially of the least masculine conscripts. Some were tied to trees, had shoe polish rubbed around their genitals, then were displayed to the whole regiment or platoon. Others were beaten "to make men of them", or raped.
In another violent bonding ritual, groups of conscripts would arrange to go into the houses of poor neighbourhoods of Cairo, pick fights, beat up civilians, and gang-rape women. Sometimes they were actually ordered to do this by their commanders, so the young men could learn the vital difference between "them" and "us".
On occasion commanders ordered circle jerks as part of bonding efforts. At least once, according to The Resister publication, an NCO at the Al-Sedo camp forced conscripts to drop their trousers "and 'commit indecent sexual acts' with each other." Rape was an all-purpose tool used for everything from persecuting gays to torturing captive or disobidient soldiers.
The macho culture came into it self, when a young gay captive was brought to the torture chambers of an Egyptian Army barracks:
Humilitation Beatings Restrains Rape Electro shocks to the victims sexual organs etc..
ahotguy28@hotmail.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.60.195.137 (talk) 05:44, 22 April 2007 (UTC).
