After weeks of calls for action on social media, Egypt’s public prosecution has issued arrest warrants for the perpetrators of the Fairmont Incident. The news was announced on the prosecution’s official Facebook account on Monday. The prosecution also banned them from leaving the country. Now widely known on social media as the ‘Fairmont Incident’ and the ‘Fairmont Crime’ (جريمةالفيرمونت), the alleged gang rape of the young woman had remained unspoken about for years, only to come to light publicly after the landmark Ahmed Bassam Zaki case, which saw the alleged serial rapist and harasser arrested after being accused of rape and sexual abuse by dozens of women. The 2014 incident saw the drugging and raping of a victim in a private after party in famed hotel Fairmont. It was captured on video although witnesses and acquaintances of the perpetrators kept silent about both silent and video out of solidarity, for years. Earlier this month, Egypt’s Public Prosecution announced on Wednesday evening that the Prosecutor-General has ordered an investigation into the alleged gang rape of the 18-year-old victim. Although harassment and rape cases are not rare in Egypt, this case in particular, which…
Egypt’s Prosecution Orders Arrest of Fairmont Crime Perpetrators
August 24, 2020
