A TikTok star has been detained in Egypt, two days after she and another influencer were convicted of human trafficking and given long jail terms.
Haneen Hossam, 20, posted a video on Monday in which she asked for clemency, saying she had never harmed anyone.
On Sunday, a court in Cairo sentenced her in absentia to 10 years in prison. Co-defendant Mawada al-Adham, 23, who was present, was sentenced to six.
They were accused of exploiting girls through video-sharing apps for money.
The verdict came five months after another court overturned prison sentences that Hossam and Adham were given for “violating family values” with videos they posted on TikTok.
Human rights activists say the two women have been prosecuted as part of a crackdown by Egyptian authorities targeting female social media influencers on charges that violate their rights to privacy, freedom of expression, non-discrimination and bodily autonomy.
