According to "The New York Times", on 13 June 2020 an Egyptian gay woman Sarah Hegazi, who waived the rainbow flag at a concert in Cairo in 2017 has committed suicide. She was detained by the Egypt's authority and tortured with electric shocks. She has been charged with “inciting debauchery,” and in the custody she was molested by female cellmates on police order. She was then transferred to a solitary confinement. After 3 months of confinement she was bailed upon pressure from Western and South American diplomats. Sarah then fled to Canada, fearing prosecution, and was granted political asylum. The reason of her suicide was notified as severe depression due to her past life trauma.