Egypt arrests TikTok influencer over 'human trafficking'
A Cairo court sentenced university student Haneen Hossam to 10 years in prison and fined her 200,000 Egyptian pounds.
Egypt has arrested a female TikTok star after a Cairo court convicted her in absentia of human trafficking.
On Sunday, Haneen Hossam was handed a 10-year prison sentence and fined 200,000 Egyptian pounds ($12,756) for allegedly encouraging women to create video content in exchange for money. The Criminal Court also sentenced influencer Mawadah al-Adham and three other defendants to six years.
On Tuesday, AFP reported that Hossam was arrested in a suburb of the Egyptian capital and transferred to the Public Prosecution. Her lawyer, Hani Sameh, told Reuters the 20-year-old Cairo University student will appeal the sentence.
“We will demand restoration of the case proceedings because there are contradictions between the verdict and the merits on which the court’s decision is based,” Sameh said.
