Egypt’s Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday, September 1, that police arrested a man who leaked a woman’s intimate videos on Facebook after she rejected his marriage proposal. The police identified the man, who worked in Helwan’s police department, after investigating the leaked video, which was a recorded private video call between the defendant and the victim. After the arrest, he confessed that he published the video as a revenge tactic to defame the woman he was in a relationship with and her family. He added that her family refused his marriage proposal and that her cousin lured him to his home, assaulted him, and photographed him without clothes to force him to leave their family alone. The victim’s cousin was later arrested and confessed to committing the crime. Egyptian Law: Personal Data and Blackmail In mid-August 2018, Egypt enacted for the first time a new anti-cybercrime law that regulates internet activities. It covers a range of crimes, such as offenses against confidentiality, the integrity and availability of computer data, computer-related offenses, offenses related to infringements of privacy, and content-related offenses, such as immoral content, as well as such…
Egypt Revenge Porn Case: Man Arrested After Leaking Nudes of Woman Who Rejected Him
September 3, 2022
