A little over three months after her acquittal by a Cairo Economic Appeals Court in a high profile morality case, TikTok influencer Haneen Hossam remains behind bars pending an investigation over "human trafficking" charges in a new case.
Hossam, a Cairo University student who had 1.2 million followers on the video-sharing social media platform, was ordered released on a bail of 5,000 Egyptian pounds (about $319) in January after a Cairo Appeals Court overturned her previous two-year sentence on the charge of "violating family values" and running social media accounts to commit her "crimes." But two days after her acquittal, prosecutors ordered her detained once again on a new and even more serious charge of human trafficking.
