According to the police claim, the student rented a large closed-off space to hold the concert for homosexuals, but the suspect said during the interrogation that his company rented the venue to film an advertisement for his company. The venue’s security guard said during interrogation that the venue is mostly used as a shooting site for ads or TV series. In September 2017, a crackdown was imposed against LGBT individuals in Egypt, with dozens arrested after a rainbow flag was waved at a Mashrou Leila concert in Cairo. The Lebanese rock-band, whose lead singer is openly-gay, was banned from performing in Egypt by the Music Syndicate. In 2017, The Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) in Egypt released an order to ban all forms of support towards the LGBT community in media outlets.

Source: Egypt Independent February 13, 2018 08:03 UTC