The Cairo Criminal Court issued a verdict earlier today, Sunday the 20th, sentencing Haneen Hossam to 10 years in prison and ordered her to pay a EGP 200,000 fine. The court also sentenced Mawada Aladhm and three others to six years in prison and imposed a EGP 200,000 fine on each. All five defendants were charged with human trafficking, according to Al Masry al Youm. The proceedings were presided over by justice Mohamed Ahmed El Gendy. Hossam and Aladhm were arrested last year and sentenced to prison in July 2020 by the Cairo Economic Court after being found guilty of violating Egyptian family values and inciting debauchery. In January 2021, Hossam was acquitted of the charge earlier this year and Aladhm’s prison sentence was overturned. Pending trial over charges of human trafficking, Hossam was released in February, but Aladhm resumed her detention. The prosecution has accused them of human trafficking and running social media accounts with the aim of recruiting young women for video sharing platform Likee, as well as publishing video content deemed inappropriate by authorities—charges the two women have vehemently denied. TikTok Arrest Campaign Hossam and Aladhm are among nine…
TikTokers Haneen Hossam, Mawada Aladhm: 10 and 6 Years Imprisonment for ‘Human Trafficking’
June 20, 2021
