Topping coverage of Egypt in the international news is more blowback from arrests of LGBTQ citizens, with Human Rights Watch claiming that 57 Egyptians have been arrested so far since the supposed crackdown on LGBTQ activists began two weeks ago. The group also condemned the Supreme Media Council’s ban on all “positive” reporting on same-gender relations. HRW’s report and others have been picked up extensively by the newswires, with some calling itthe widest LGBTQ crackdown ever.

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