Egypt: Court hands man 8 year jail term in #MeToo case
By DW
13 April 2021 |
8:20 am
Ahmed Bassam Zaki has received a second sentence in the case sparked by an Instagram account that provided an anonymous platform for assault survivors to come out.
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