#acquits
The Cairo Economic Court of Appeal acquitted Ahmed Bassam Zaki, on Monday, 13 September, of ‘misusing’ social media, according to local media reports. Zaki was sentenced to three years in prison in December 2020 by the Economic Court for charges of misusing social media, and eight years in prison by the Cairo Criminal Court on charges of sexually assaulting and blackmailing three girls in April 2021. In early 2020, Egypt’s Public Prosecution charged Zaki with sexual assault, harassment and blackmail.…
