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From Instagram to Detention: Egyptians Demand Justice for Victims of Sexual
Assault

Heather Murdock

   ISTANBUL/CAIRO - It started at the beginning of July with a new
   Instagram account,'¯AssaultPolice, which picked up 164,000 followers in
   less than two weeks.'¯

   Quickly, the account was barraged with posts'¯accusing a'¯former
   college student'¯of harassing, assaulting or'¯raping as many as
   100'¯women and girls.'¯

   Two days later, Ahmed Bassam'¯Zaki, a former student at the prestigious
   American University in Cairo (AUC) was arrested. He is now being held
   while authorities investigate six individual cases.

   In the two weeks since his arrest, thousands of women and girls have
   sent official complaints about sexual harassment, assault, rape and
   other violence to the National Council for Women. Commentators are
   calling it Egypt's #MeToo movement.

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