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Image: "Follow me and I'll show u something bigger !" - Prince Charles in Oman on yet another of his many visits to the Arab World. We have decided to be extra cautious and edit out short sections - we apologize for any understandable annoyance this may cause. NOVEMBER 2003: UPDATE - VALET GEORGE SMITH - THE VICTIM OF THE ALLEGED CAIRO EMBASSY RAPE - NOW SAYS HE SAW PRINCE CHARLES AND xxxxxxxxxx XXXXXX IN BED TOGETHER AS HE BROUGHT IN THE MORNING BREAKFAST. George Smith is now derided as an alcoholic and mentally unstable for having brought allegations of male rape against xxxxxxxxxx and finally, after many years, making public what he says he saw one morning in the Palace. It is reminiscent of Gulag justice or indeed of the current "legal system" in Egypt. Until now only a few members of the royal household knew how damaging his testimony could be for it shows not just why the Prince was so keen to protect xxxxxxxx from any fallout from the rape allegations but also why the Queen and the Prince finally stepped in to prevent the trial of former servant Paul Burrell. This because George Smith's testimony was on a cassette formerly held by Princess Diana which had led police to raid Burrell's appartment. Police believed that Burrell had the tape. As for Princess Diana, she had loathed xxxxxx but the prince confessed he was The Prince's alleged relationship with xxxxxxxx may also explain why yyyyyyyyyy, a black woman, found it so difficult to complain about alleged racist abuse from xxxxxxxxx while she was working at xyz in 2001. xxxxx had allegedly called her a "nigger." When yyyyyy went to xyz's personnel officer she was told that "there was no point complaining because xxxx was a favourite of the Prince." She resigned her post in March 2001. ************************************** For details of the Cairo Embassy rape allegedly involving the rape of Falklands veteran and royal servant George Smith by vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv please see the article further down towards the bottom of this page. *************************************** BRITISH MUSLIM THREATENED WITH RAPE IN CAIRO PRISON Posted 18 November 2002 British muslim Reza Pankhurst [27] claims he has been tortured and threatened with rape in a Cairo prison, while awaiting trial on a charge of belonging to the Islamic Liberation Party. He and two other British muslims were arrested in April. For the next six weeks neither Pankhurst nor his colleagues, Ian Nisbet [28] or Maajid Nawaz [24] had access to any legal representation. When they finally appeared in court late last month, all three claimed they had been victims of torture. But considerable credence was given to their versions of forced confessions when the British newspaper The Times revealed today [ 18 November ] that Reza Pankhurst had managed to slip in the word lies into his signature on his "confession", signing with the name "Reza Pankliest." According to the Times report Mr Pankhurst only signed the "confession" after "three days of electric shocks, sleep deprivation and sexual threats." and says he "was beaten and given electric shocks and went into convulsions while lying handcuffed and blindfolded on a concrete floor in a Cairo prison." AMNESTY SLAMS EGYPT YET AGAIN OVER TORTURE Posted 14 November In a damning report published yesterday, Amnesty has highlighted the plight of torture victims in Egypt. In a previous report last February Amnesty had condemned the Egyptian government for allowing "widespread and indiscriminate" torture. This time, the report was even more damaging, to the international credibility of Mubarak's regime. In its' latest report [13 November AI Index: MDE 12/038/2002 ], it declares "Everyone taken into detention in Egypt is at risk of torture" and goes on to add "Some torture victims are particularly vulnerable, including refugees and those detained because of their sexual orientation." And it goes on to detail some of the implements used "The most common methods of torture include electric shocks, beatings, whipping and suspension by wrists or ankles in a contorted position from a horizontal bar. Testimonies of torture victims refer to a variety of torture equipment such as electric devices, whips and the falaka instrument" where the victims feet are tied, usually to an upturned chair or other heavy object, before the soles of his feet are beaten. The report acknowledges that women and children are frequently the victims of such torture and that the ocassional government investigations are limited to "non-political" crimes with police officers being offered virtual "open season" on "undesirable" political activists or other prisoners of conscience, such as those interned on account of their sexual orientation. PRINCE CHARLES' xxxxxxxxx NAMED AS THE ALLEGED ASSAILLANT IN THE CAIRO GAY RAPE SCANDAL. Posted 11 November 2002. In a growing scandal surrounding the British Monarchy [ see "I Was A Victim of Gay Rape" article below ] the Italian Newspaper La Repubblica has named XXXX, Prince Charles' xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, as the man involved in the Cairo rape scandal. In last Sunday's British tabloid The Mail on Sunday royal valet George Smith had claimed he was a victim of rape by XXXX [ who the paper hadn't directly named, though it did carry his name on the same pages with an unmistakable prominence both in the text and photograph captions ] while staying at the British Embassy in Cairo. Smith was one of five servants employed by Prince Charles during a trip to Egypt in 1995. Turning ???? this The veracity of the claims made by George Smith, alleging that he was raped by XXXX in March 1995 while he was staying at the British Embassy in Cairo as valet to Prince Charles, have been brought into question due to what are said to be considerable discrepancies in his statement to the Mail on Sunday regarding what happened to him at the hand of his, as then, unnamed assaillant. Meanwhile the British tabloids have embarked on a vigorous campaign of character assassination against XXXX, alleging that he has been guilty of zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, which might indicate they are preparing the ground for naming him as the alleged assaillant in tomorrow's papers. ANTHROPOLOGIST THREATENED FOR QUOTING "GAY" LYRICS OF A SIWAN LOVE SONG. Posted 11 November A book on Siwa Oasis, published late last year, made new revelations about some of Siwa's more secretive social traditions. And what were these revelations ? It was already known that same sex marriages in the small oasis city remained common until the middle of the twentieth century. Surrounded by hundreds of miles of desert, the isolated oasis had retained and even venerated homoerotic relationships between men. But on this subject, the author was noticeably reticent in a recent interview with The Cairo Times. However, when the book was published last December, the 27 year old Siwan anthropoligist Fathi Milan, made atleast one implicit reference to these practices, quoting a "love song" which contained the lyrics "The poet, my boyfriend." Although Oasis Siwa: From the Inside is written in English, its' contents have quickly became known across the Oasis. Most of the passages were intriguing but entirely inocuous references to the city's traditions and customs, but there were the occasional references, implicit or otherwise, to adultery, poverty and homosexuality. Siwa's Sheikhs decided they could not allow such truths to receive the embarrassing endorsement of a Siwan anthropologist. They put pressure on Milan and on his extended family relatives. They warned him that if he didn't withdraw the offending pieces they would remove all "protection" from him. In Siwa, as in seventh century Arabia or twentieth century Naples, the protection of one's tribe or extended family counts for everything in the virtual absence of an effective police force. Milan knew that these threats effectively meant that his land could be seized at any moment and that he himself could face physical assault or even murder. Reluctantly, the author agreed to censor the sections regarding some of Siwa's historical "secrets" from the book. To speed up the process, a whitening eraser similar to Tippex was used to erase passages from those books still unsold. However, the sheikhs may find to their embarassment that these books attract a premium and that readers will try hard to read the deleted passages by holding the pages up close to a light. But what an ugly situation when mafia style threats are used to rewrite history ! At GayEgypt.com we haven't been able to obtain a copy of Milan's orignal book. If you've got it, please please email us and we'll get back to you immediately. We want to know exactly what caused such panic among Siwa's elders. Further details can be found in a 31st October 2002 article on the author and the controversy in the Cairo Times available on the internet at www.cairotimes.com "I WAS VICTIM OF GAY RAPE IN THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN CAIRO" CLAIMS VALET TO BRITISH PRINCE CHARLES. Posted 10 November According to today's London Mail on Sunday royal valet George Smith claims he was a victim of male rape while staying at the British Embassy in Cairo. He was one of five servants employed by Prince Charles during a trip to Egypt in 1995. "The Prince was staying in the British Embassy in Cairo," explained Smith, "and I would take his breakfast to his room, do his washing, a bit of ironing, make his bed and clean his bath." According to what he told the paper, Prince Charles "was out all day and late into the night, attending engagements". With time to kill, Mr Smith had a drink with his alleged assaillant who suggested Smith might "get your head down" for a quick nap. No doubt it was too hot for an afternoon stroll outside and possibly Smith thought the Prince might not return until late and didn't want to appear tired. "I went to bed and fell asleep," Smith told the journalist, "[but] the next minute I saw he was naked. He was trying to rape me.....in my bed in the British Embassy. I woke up with a start and for a while I just froze. I just came around and pushed him away. He had pulled my boxer shorts down to my knees. I was on my side with my boxer shorts down. I pulled them back up. I just pulled away and pushed my hand back to stop him." According to Smith, no words were exchanged, though he did briefly curse his attacker. He then got dressed and went down stairs to pour himself a gin and tonic. After a short pause to regain his strength he forced himself back to continue his duties. That evening Prince Charles hosted a dinner and afterwards visited the pyramids. Smith found it a relief to be out of the threatening confines of the embassy but was afraid of returning. "I knew I had to go back to the embassy that night. I didn't know what to do, to be honest. I did not sleep much. I thought, "If he comes towards me I will smack him one. But he didn't say a word - not even good night. I didn't report it to anyone for the same reason as before. I was looking after my future, my two kids, my house. If I said anything there would have been holy uproar. I would have been on the streets. I would have had nothing." In face of these very public allegations, a spokesman for St. James' Palace said the accusation had already been thoroughly investigated and was now closed. "A member of the Royal Household was voluntarily interviewed by police in November 2001. During that interview, not only the allegations but also the events themselves were completely denied, with contemporary evidence provided in support of that denial," He concluded that the police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Director of Public Prosecutions had all investigated the case, "and no prosecution was brought." The law firm Kingsley Napley later released a statement on behalf of the unnamed alleged rapist, denying Smith's claims. The gay rape accusation was first brought to the notice of the media during the trial of Princess Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell, who was acquitted on 1st November of stealing various intimate possessions from Kensington Palace after Queen Elizabeth revealed she knew he had taken the items for safekeeping. Diana was said to have kept a tape recording of the alleged rape victim talking about the incident, but at that time no names were revealed. U.N. SLAMS EGYPT OVER ITS' CONTINUED PERSECUTION OF GAY MEN. Posted 2 November 2002. According to an Associated Press report Friday [1 Nov] the U.N. has expressed its annoyance that the Egyptian Government continues to ignore international criticism over its human rights record. According to AP - "Egypt is being criticized for its handling of charges against suspected terrorists and homosexuals. A United Nations panel said Friday that the government is breaching an international human rights treaty by using a very broad definition of terrorism in arrests and by imposing prison sentences on 23 homosexuals arrested at a party on a Nile riverboat last year. The men convicted of debauchery for attending the party received sentences of one to five years in prison after a trial in an emergency court — which usually rules in cases of national security and terrorism." We couldn't find any mention of the criticism on the site un.org/news and are seeking further details of the UN panel's statement. |
