An Egyptian court has sentenced a TV anchor to one year in prison after his received a gay sex worker on his show last year. Mohammed el-Gheiti, a host and owner of private channel LTC TV, was indicted for “encouraging immorality” for interviewing in August 2018 a gay man who described his life as a prostitute, on the show. Aside from the prison sentence, el-Gheiti will pay a $167 fine. The trial was held after lawyer Samir Sabry sued el-Gheiti for video segments of the interview. Homosexually is not criminalized in Egypt but the largely conservative Muslim nation is against it.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 22, 2019 15:33 UTC