The Egyptian Public Prosecution announced on Monday night that accused rapist and sexual harasser Ahmed Bassam Zaki’s detention was renewed by an Egyptian court for a further 15 days pending further investigations into allegations he raped, sexually assaulted and sexually harassed dozens of women. The statement added that Zaki had confessed to a number of accusations made against him related to blackmail and intimidation. In a statement, the Egyptian Public Prosecution said that, based on current investigations and the official complaints that have been filed by girls and women over the past few days, Zaki is being accused by the Prosecution of the following: (1) attempting sexual contact with two women without their consent; (2) assaulting with force and threatening those two women and another girl, who was under the age of 18; (3) threatening the three of them and others through blackmail intended to harm their honour in order to [force/convince] them to practice his vices with him and to not end their relationships with him; (4) inciting his victims to commit immoral acts through his words, including bothering them, harassing them through the misuse of telecommunications devices and…
