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Egypt sentences TikTok influencers

By AFP
June 22, 2021

CAIRO: An Egyptian court has sentenced two women TikTok influencers to six and 10 years in jail respectively for "human trafficking", a lawyer representing one of them told AFP on Monday. The ruling against Haneen Hossam and Mowada al-Adham was handed down late on Sunday by the Cairo Criminal Court. Adham was sentenced to six years, her lawyer Saber Sokkar said, while Hossam given a 10-year sentence, both accused of "human trafficking".