Egypt court jails seven for life over sexual assaults

[theHandpuppet]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28329064
BBC News -- Middle East
16 July 2014
Egypt court jails seven for life over sexual assaults

A court in Egypt has sentenced seven men to life in prison and two others to 20 years for sexual assaulting women last month.

The women were attacked in Cairo during celebrations following the election of President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.

Afterwards, Mr Sisi ordered officials to enforce a new law making sexual assault a crime for the first time...

...A 2013 UN study found nine out of 10 Egyptian women had experienced some form of sexual assault, ranging from minor harassment to rape....

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[niyad]

1. definitely a step in the right direction

[sweetexile]

2. better late than never

Great news! Now onto spousal assault and related domestic crimes against women-hopefully the turn in the public perception of the mistreatment of women will take hold permamently in Egypt and the public will grow increasingly sophisticated.