A misdemeanour court in Giza sentenced a student to six years in prison and an EGP 300 fine for “promoting [redacted] deviancy,” after waving the LGBTQ rainbow flag at the Lebanese band Mashrou’ Leila’s concert in Cairo last weekend, Daily News Egypt reports. Security forces had arrested seven concert goers who were said to have been seen holding up the flag.
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