CAIRO – Egyptian justice sentenced two influencers to six and ten years in prison for “human trafficking” and “debauchery” after the transmission of videos published on the TikTok and Likee applications. It was learned today from lawyers. The Cairo Criminal Court “sentenced Mawada al-Adham to six years in prison” for appeal and Haneen Hossam “to ten years” – final since she is in absentia – for “human trafficking”, “corruption of family life and incitement to debauchery “.
Sentenced to two years in July 2020, the influencers were acquitted on appeal by the charges in January. Both were also sentenced to pay 200,000 Egyptian pounds (10,735 euros) in fines. In addition, three men, found guilty of complicity with Adham, were sentenced to the same sentence as him. In the “videos published on the TikTok and Likee accounts” of the two influencers, “two young underage girls” appear, proof of their guilt according to the Egyptian authorities.
Suspected of inducing prostitution, Hossam was arrested in April 2020 after posting a video announcing to her 1.3 million subscribers that girls could make money working with her on social media.
Al-Adham was arrested a month later after posting satirical videos. The two girls are among the dozen influencers arrested since 2020 for undermining morality in the Islamic country. On June 8, Rinad Imad, another influencer, was sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 100,000 Egyptian pounds (5,367 euros) for “indecency” and “weakening of society’s values”, the newspaper’s website reported. state Al-Ahram.
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