The Egyptian police have adopted a new tactic to hunt down people from the LGBT community. Now the police is catching the people of LGBT group through online dating app.
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Homosexuality is considered illegal in Egypt. Meaning if you are a lesbian or if you like someone in the same gender then it is nothing less than a curse for you. In such a situation, the Egyptian police have adopted a new tactic to hunt down the people of the LGBT community. now the police LGBT groups Catching people through online dating apps.
According to media reports, BBC News has seen evidence of how police officers dating and social Using media. In many cases, the police even blackmail them by making them their victims. Today we will tell you about such people who were victimized by the police.
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One of the victims told the media that “having grown up in Egypt, I am well aware of the homophobia that exists in every part of society today. But, all my friends present there tell that recently the atmosphere there has become worse. The police are now adopting new tactics to control such people.
There is no explicit law against homosexuality in Egypt, but investigations have found that sex workers are being abused by LGBT groups. The police report revealed how police officers are using online dating to catch LGBT people. Along with catching them, the police are also using online dating apps and social media sites to collect evidence.
To catch such people, the police talk to them through text messages and then call them to meet somewhere outside. When they go to meet her, she catches them there. About half a million British tourists visit the country annually and the UK, through the United Nations, also trains Egypt’s police force.
Here we have presented an excerpt of the conversation between the police officer and the person using the dating app WhosHere. First the police trapped him in their trap and then called him to meet outside and caught him.
Conversation with a police man
Police: Have you ever slept with men before?
App User: Yes
Police: How do we meet?
App User: I live with my mom and dad.
Police: Come on dear, don’t be shy, we can meet outside and then go to my flat.
After this chat, the police goes to meet the person and then arrests him.
It is extremely difficult for LGBT people to meet publicly in Egypt, so dating apps are a safe option to do so. It is not that only Egyptians are falling prey to it. Rather, people of other countries are also becoming the target of this. People meet them through the dating app and then make physical relations with them. After this they blackmail by sending their nude pictures.
One such aggrieved woman told the media that at first the police expressed their desire to meet her and after meeting her, forced her to have a physical relationship. After having a physical relationship, they sent her nude photos and started blackmailing her.
Police is using dating apps not only to catch them but also to make physical relations with them. If they refuse to do so, she threatens to arrest them and make the photo viral.
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