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Lebanese woman on trial in Cairo and women activists released in SA
4-6-2018
Egypt’s Public Prosecutor, Nabil Ahmad Sadek, referred to the criminal trial on Sunday of Lebanese citizen, Mona Mazbouh, for insulting the Egyptian people and spreading rumors that are harmful to society and offensive to religions. To recall, Mazbouh posted last week a video on her facebook account accusing Egyptians of sexual harassment, scam and theft after being exposed to bad personal experiences. Mazbouh had reportedly used offensive terms in the video which angered Egyptians who demanded her arrest. Later, Mazbouh appeared in a second video apologizing to the “respectable Egyptians” for her remarks. Meanwhile in Saudi Arabia, and following the waves of arrests of human and women’s rights defenders and the release of four of them (https://goo.gl/QQsH1i), the public prosecutor’s office clarified last Saturday that it has interrogated the accused human rights groups advocating women’s rights and announced the provisional release of 8 of them, including 5 women and 3 men, while keeping 9 others in custody. The Public Prosecutor statement also said that the detainees admitted their connection and collaboration with parties and organizations that are hostile to the Kingdom. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, June 4, 2018)
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