The Daqahlia Prosecution on Sunday has imprisoned a student, Mohamed A, for four days pending investigations into claims he had raped a student in 2018 and caused her to bear his child. The decision was ordered after the prosecution received a DNA analysis from Mohamed, the victim and their child which proved that he is the father. According to investigations, Mohamed claimed that he and the victim were originally friends and that their relationship only became sexual with her consent. Zaki’s victims resorted to using social media to anonymously post their testimonies – none had filed a case with the Public Prosecution. The victims only started to file their cases once police arrested the suspects upon a report from the National Council of Women (NCW) based on social media claims

Source: Egypt Independent September 20, 2020 15:22 UTC