An Egyptian court has sentenced a man to one year in prison and fined him EGP 10,000 (1,427 US dollars) for verbal sexual harassment, reported Aswat Masriya. The man, in his 20’s, had been accused of verbally harassing a woman at the Dokki Metro station. The woman reported the incident to a local police station where a report was filed and charges were laid. A Cairo court found the defendant guilty of attacking the modesty of the victim, added Aswat Masriya. While five sexual harassers were found guilty on various charges last year, this is the first case under new anti-sexual harassment laws in Egypt. In a statement to Aswat Masriya, Mostafa Mahmoud, from Nazra for Feminist Studies and the attorney of the victim, said that the rulings help in controlling the increasing cases of sexual harassment in Egypt, adding that the rulings encourage women to take legal action against their abusers. New Anti-Sexual Harassment Law Egypt’s Justice Ministry had amended to existing laws on harassment after vows to crackdown on the sexual harassment epidemic that Egypt faces. According to Al-Ahram, the law, for the first time in Egypt’s history, defines…
