An Egyptian judge annulled an acquittal verdict of two young women who were imprisoned last year for posting “indecent” videos on the TikTok video platform, ordering his preventive detention for 15 days for new charges of “human trafficking”, according to judicial sources.
A court in Cairo has accused the student of 20 years Haneen Hossam and Mawada Eladhm , of 22, of recruiting young women for “jobs indecent that violate the principles and values of Egyptian society, “said a judicial official maintaining anonymity because they are not authorized to inform the media.
The motion came just two days after that an appeals court acquit the two women and order their release, reports ABC News.
Last summer, an Egyptian court of first instance convicted Hossam and Adham , along with three other women, to two years in prison for “violating the values and principles of the Egyptian family” , inciting debauchery and promote human trafficking . The verdict came after the two women became popular on TikTok, accumulating millions of followers for their videos.
In their respective clips of 15 seconds, the women, wearing makeup, pose in cars, dance in kitchens and joke in family parodies and with content specific to the platform. The two women were also fined 300, 000 Egyptian pounds (almost $ 19. 000 dollars).
Your case provoked the ire of Egyptian feminists, who called the prosecution of Hossam and Adham another example of the usurpation of women’s freedoms by of his conservative society. At that time, women’s rights defenders circulated an online petition describing the arrests as “systematic repression targeting low-income women.”
Although Egypt remains much more liberal than the Persian Gulf states, the Muslim-majority country has taken a decidedly conservative direction over the past half century. Belly dancers, pop divas, and social media influencers have faced backlash for violating established norms
