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Female Tiktok influencers sentenced to 10 and 6 years in prison

20 Jun 2021

Countries

Egypt

The actor of the backlash

Judiciary

The form of backlash

Court's ruling Judicial harassment (incl. Arbitrary Arrests, Bans, and Detentions)

Political trend

Conservatism Illiberalism

Rights at stake and state’s obligations

Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Access to justice and right to a fair trial

20 June 2021: TikTok influencers Haneen Hossam and Mowada al-Adham were sentenced to ten and six years in prison respectively, on the charge of human trafficking by Cairo Criminal Court. This is part of a wider trend of using morality and family values to crack down on women’s rights.

See Mada Masr (June 2021) and EuroMed Rights on Twitter (June 2021) .

Female Tiktok influencers sentenced to 10 and 6 years in prison

Counter-response

Online campaign with the hashtag #Free_TikTok_Girls