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Egypt court rejects activist Fathy's appeal, sends her back to jail
Activist was arrested in May over video she posted online criticising sexual harassment in Egypt
Fathy had been conditionally released on Thursday (Amnesty International)
Sunday 30 December 2018
An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday sent a rights activist to prison for
two years over charges including "spreading false news", her lawyer and
a court official said.
The court also fined Amal Fathy, who was released three days previously
in another case, 10,000 Egyptian pounds ($560), AFP said. Fathy was
handed the sentence in September but she appealed.
Her lawyer Ramadan Mohamed said on Sunday her appeal had been rejected
and that she would now serve jail time. Fathy is also accused of
publishing offensive content, Mohamed said.
Amal Fathy was arrested in Egypt for posting a video on Facebook condemning inaction around sexual harassment.
We agree with her husband, @mlotfy81.
She should be applauded for her courage - not put on trial. amn.st/6013Daz9L
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The Egyptian authorities have been criticised for launching a crackdown
on opposition voices in the country and jailing scores of human rights
activists, journalists, NGO workers and others.
The 34-year-old was arrested in May over a video she posted online,
criticising sexual harassment in Egypt and alleging that guards at a
bank had sexually harassed her.
She had been conditionally released on Thursday after being detained in
another case with charges including "membership of a terrorist group".
The allegations of "belonging to a banned group" are related to Fathy’s
membership of the April 6 Youth Movement, which played a significant
role in organising the 2011 uprisings against then-Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak. The movement was banned by Egypt's court of urgent
matters in April 2014.
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After the court ordered Fathy's release on probation earlier this month,
Najia Bounaim, the deputy regional director for the Middle East and
North Africa at Amnesty International, called on the Egyptian
authorities to drop all the charges against her.
A United Nations report in 2013 said that 99.3 percent of women in Egypt have experienced some form of sexual harassment.
Despite several anti-harassment movements, a report by Human Rights
Watch five years later still found that “sexual harassment and violence
against women remained endemic” in the country.
A poll conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation also reported in 2017
that Cairo was one of the most dangerous cities in the world for women.
