Verbal sexual harassment in public spaces is now illegal in Egypt. This is how one woman used it to stop her street harasser.
“An Egyptian court has sentenced a man to one year in prison and fined him EGP 10,000 (1,427 US dollars) for verbal sexual harassment, reported Aswat Masriya.
The man, in his 20′s, had been accused of verbally harassing a woman at the Dokki Metro station. The woman reported the incident to a local police station where a report was filed and charges were laid.
A Cairo court found the defendant guilty of attacking the modesty of the victim, added Aswat Masriya.
While five sexual harassers were found guilty on various charges last year, this is the first case under new anti-sexual harassment laws in Egypt.”
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