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An appeals court has upheld a two-year sentence and a EGP 10k fine handed last year<\/a> to activist Amal Fathy on charges of violating public decency for posting a Facebook video recounting her experience with [redacted] harassment, Al Shorouk reports<\/a>. The ruling means Fathy could be arrested anytime, pending her appeal to the Court of Cassation, which is the country\u2019s top appeals court. The story received wide coverage in the foreign press, with reports from Reuters<\/a> and France\u2019s AFP<\/a>, along with a high-pitched criticism from Amnesty International<\/a> \u2014 who called the verdict an \u201coutrageous injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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