Lebanese tourist sentenced to eight years in prison for Facebook post against Egypt

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Lebanese tourist sentenced to eight years in prison for Facebook post against Egypt

 

CAIRO (Reuters) - (Please note offensive language in paragraph 2)

 

A Lebanese tourist who was arrested last month for posting a video on Facebook complaining of sexual harassment and conditions in Egypt was sentenced to eight years in prison by a Cairo court on Saturday, her lawyer told Reuters.

 

Mona el-Mazboh was arrested at Cairo airport at the end of her stay in Egypt after a 10-minute video in which she called Egypt a "son of a bitch country" went viral on social media.

 

The 24-year-old Mazboh complains of being sexually harassed by taxi drivers and young men in the street, as well as poor restaurant service during the holy month of Ramadan and an incident in which money was stolen from her during a previous stay.

 

A Cairo court found her guilty of deliberately spreading false rumours that would harm society, attacking religion, and public indecency, judicial sources said.

 

An appeal court will now hear the case on July 29, according to Mazboh's lawyer, Emad Kamal.

 

"Of course, God willing, the verdict will change. With all due respect to the judiciary, this is a severe ruling. It is in the context of the law, but the court was applying the maximum penalty," he said.

 

Kamal said a surgery Mazboh underwent in 2006 to remove a brain clot has impaired her ability to control anger, a condition documented in a medical report he submitted to the court. She also suffers from depression, he said.

 

Egyptian rights activists say they face the worst crackdown in their history under Sisi, accusing him of erasing freedoms won in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.

 

Supporters say such measures are needed to stabilise Egypt after years of turmoil that drove away foreign investors and amid an Islamist insurgency concentrated in the Sinai Peninsula.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-07-07

[Bluespunk]

The truth will not set you free. 

[sandrabbit]

After working there  I know she's not far from the truth, why not just deport her after a warning and ban her from entering the country again. 

[Scott]

Oh, goodness, time to get the eyes checked.   I thought it said "Lesbian tourist sentenced...."

 

[sirineou]

Say Hello To The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss

Replaced  Hosni Mubarak with Sisi and both Obama and Trump pays homage and did not enforce their own  Law where the U.S. is required to cut aid after coups. 

I guess democracy is only good as long as it supports one's agenda. and the Arab spring quicly became a dark winter. 

[kannot]

2 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

The truth will not set you free. 

Follow  the path to enlightenment. my son ............or Thailand as we  know it?

[The Theory]

Since you have nothing good to write about, leave 1st then write.

Not Really smart. 

Edited July 8, 2018 by The Theory

[Ulic]

19 hours ago, sandrabbit said:

After working there  I know she's not far from the truth, why not just deport her after a warning and ban her from entering the country again. 

Not far from the truth...........I am sure she is spot on.

[quandow]

I'm sure many of us have checked our digital tongues instead of blurting out insults about the LOS. This will be a hard lesson for her to learn. Geçmiş olsun.

[rickudon]

She was lucky. Egypt is very touchy about it's reputation. Remember Giulio Regeni, kidnapped, tortured and murdered by police because he was researching Egyptian trade unions.

[observer90210]

What a careless girl....she should have ranted once safely back home and not while still within the Egyptian borders....