Egypt court upholds sentence against activist Amal Fathy

An appeals court has upheld a two-year sentence and a EGP 10k fine handed last year to activist Amal Fathy on charges of violating public decency for posting a Facebook video recounting her experience with [redacted] harassment, Al Shorouk reports. The ruling means Fathy could be arrested anytime, pending her appeal to the Court of Cassation, which is the country’s top appeals court. The story received wide coverage in the foreign press, with reports from Reuters and France’s AFP, along with a high-pitched criticism from Amnesty International — who called the verdict an “outrageous injustice.”