Egypt : TV host sentenced to year of hard labour for interviewing gay man

An Egyption TV host has been sentenced to a year of hard labour and fined for interviewing a gay man on his show.

Mohammed el-Gheiti was found guilty of «encouraging immorality» on his privately owned LTC TV channel and fined 3,000 Egyptian pounds (£130).

Homosexuality is not a crime in Egypt but is widely seen as taboo in the conservative, Muslim-majority country and authorities have been increasingly cracking down on the LGBTQ community.