EGYPT
News 24
2018-05-13
Egypt on Friday arrested an activist who posted a video on social media in which she hit out at national institutions and voiced opposition to sexual harassment, security sources said.
In the clip uploaded to Facebook this week, Amal Fathi criticised organisations including state-owned Banque Misr, whose male security staff she accused of being predatory towards women.
She also criticised the government over human rights and economic conditions in the country, as well as accusing it of failing to protect women.
Fathi, a 33-year-old mother, stands accused of “insulting all the institutions of the state” and undermining patriotism, the security sources said.
She would be brought before Egypt’s prosecutor general.
London-based human rights watchdog Amnesty International said Fathi was arrested for her criticism of the government “for failing to protect women”.
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