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Anal tests in the Arab world   Anal tests in the Arab world  How
does Kuwait plan to test for homosexuality at its border?
October was a difficult month to be gay in the Arab world.  On
Oct 13, Egyptian police detained 14 people in Cairo pending
investigations into allegations that they committed “homosexual
acts” inside a medical centre in a middle-class neighbourhood in
Cairo. The Egyptian prosecutor also ordered that they be sent to
a pathologist for forensic reports and that the centre be shut
down, the Arabic Ahram news site reported.  Rather than
addressing its country’s problems — the current political
struggle and the terrorism growing in the country — the Egyptian
government is spending time and effort harassing gay people.
Egypt is infamous for its acts against gay people. In 2001, 52
Egyptian men stood trial on charges of “sexual immorality.”
Meanwhile the Kuwaiti government is spending time and money on
finding the best ways to