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Rex Wockner International News Report
 The trial of 52 Egyptian men arrested at a gay bar got
underway in Cairo August 15 as gay activists around the
world staged protests.
The men, nabbed May 11 in and around Cairo's Queen Boat discotheque, have been charged with practicing sexual immorality. Two of the men also were charged with "forming a group which aims to exploit the Islamic religion to propagate extremist ideas." All of the men pleaded innocent. They have been jailed at Tora Prison for more than three months. The immorality offense carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison and the religion offense carries a maximum penalty of five years. Gays protested in several cities as the trial began.
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