Extending the imprisonment of two Egyptians influencing "Tik Tok"
On Thursday, the Egyptian judiciary decided to extend the imprisonment of two young women, influential people on the application of "TikTok", who were charged with "human trafficking", based on the videos they published, after they were acquitted of the charge of "transgressing the values of society", and a two-year prison sentence was canceled.
A judicial official, who asked not to be identified, said that a Cairo court "renewed the detention of Mawaddah Al-Adham and Hanin Hussam for 15 days in a human trafficking case."
The appeals court of the Cairo Economic Court acquitted the two young women who were sentenced last July to two years imprisonment with three others, of several charges.
Saber Sukkar, Mawaddah's lawyer, said, "It is one case based on three main charges: publishing pictures that offend society's values, encroaching on national security and human trafficking."
He added that their pre-trial imprisonment had been renewed "awaiting referral to the criminal court" on the charge of "trafficking" because "two other girls appeared on their social media accounts."
Student Hanin Hussam was arrested in April on charges of inciting prostitution after she posted a video clip on TikTok announcing to her 1.3 million subscribers that girls can earn money by working with her on social networks.
In May 2020, Mawadda Al-Adham, who has two million followers on Instagram, was arrested after posting videos that were deemed obscene.
Both are among ten influential women arrested in 2020 for infringing on the values of the conservative country.
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