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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

Charges against Egyptian activist show law is ‘weaponised’ to gag sexual violence victims

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The charges levied against a prominent Egyptian women’s rights activist are symptomatic of the law being “weaponised” to punish victims of sexual violence, campaigners have warned.

Rasha Azab, who is also a journalist, was charged with “insult”, “defamation” and “deliberately disturbing” a well-known Egyptian film director called Islam Azazi.

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