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Elaf from Beirut: Yesterday, Saturday, an Egyptian court convicted the singer, Sama Al-Masry, of three years of enforceable imprisonment and a fine of 300 thousand pounds (18,500 USD) for inciting immorality and debauchery.
The court also decided to put the accused, Samia Ahmed Attia Abdel Rahman, and her reputation as Sama Al-Masry, under police supervision for a period of three years. According to local media.
Al-Masry was imprisoned pending investigations after the Public Prosecution attributed to her the crime of publishing pictures and videos of her disgraceful to the public, through her own accounts on social networking sites, and “publicly presenting them as shameful acts that violate and call for prostitution and drawing attention to it.”
The Public Prosecution also charged the accused with assaulting family principles and values in Egyptian society, establishing, managing and using websites and accounts on the information network with the aim of committing the aforementioned crimes.
In April 2020, Sama Al-Masry was arrested by order of the Attorney General, against the backdrop of some reports accompanying the arrest of several famous tik-tok girls, including Haneen Hosam, and the famous affection of Adham.
Al-Masry has found its way to fame by presenting satirical songs critical of the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood and Muhammad Morsi to Egypt in a controversial manner, just as the Egyptian has a shy cinematic experience.
Tik Tok girls
In 2018, Egypt passed the Cyber Crime Law, which gives the government full authority to control the Internet and exercise communications control, and is punishable by imprisonment for a period of no less than two years and a fine of up to 300,000 Egyptian pounds ($ 18.5 thousand) for anyone who violates the provisions of the law.
During the past two months, Egyptian security forces arrested a number of Tik Tok girls and referred them to the judiciary with the same accusation of spreading “immorality and immorality.”
Hanin Hossam, a student of the Faculty of Archeology at Cairo University, was arrested on April 23, and the Public Prosecution charged her with “committing the crime of human trafficking by dealing with girls who used them in acts contrary to the principles and values of Egyptian society to obtain material benefits.”
In May, affectionate Adham, a twenty-year-old celebrity of “Tik Tok”, was arrested, and her account on Instagram is followed by nearly two million people, and she was charged with “assaulting family principles and values in Egyptian society.”
At the end of May, the police arrested Mena Abdel Aziz, a 17-year-old girl who was also known for the “Tic Tok” application, after she appeared in a video clip with the effects of an assault on her face, and said that she was raped and beaten by a friend who filmed and published what happened .
The Public Prosecutor ordered that she be held in detention on charges of “incitement to immorality”, before issuing a decision to replace her incarceration “by not leaving a center dedicated to hosting and protecting abused women and introducing rehabilitation programs to fix them.”
Targeting women
For his part, Egyptian human rights lawyer, Tariq Al-Awadi, said in previous statements: “There is a technological revolution and the legislator must pay attention to innovations. There are actions that criminalize and others that fall within the scope of personal freedom.”
He added that “accusations of prostitution and incitement to debauchery have definite legal definitions and do not apply to the cases of these girls … the most that can be said is the outrageous act.”
Intisar Al-Saeed, women’s rights lawyer and president of the Cairo Center for Development and Law, reported that women are the only group targeted by the authorities under this law.
While John Talaat, a member of Parliament who had previously called for legal action against Al-Masry and other participants in Tik Tok, stated: “There is a big difference between freedom and immorality.” He added: “Sama Al-Masry and other influencers on social media are destroying family values and traditions, They are activities prohibited by law and the constitution. “
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