Mesir memegang potret bekas ketua tentera Mesir dan kini Presiden Abdel Fattah al-Sisi kerana mereka mengambil bahagian dalam sambutan di hadapan istana presiden Ethadya di ibu kota Kaherah pada 8 Jun 2014, selepas Sisi mengangkat sumpah (Egyptians hold portraits of Egypt’s former army chief and now President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as they take part in celebrations in front of the presidential palace of Ethadya in the capital Cairo on June 8, 2014, after Sisi was sworn in (AFP Photo)
SrikandiTV - Yang baru dipilih Presiden Mesir Abdel Fattah al-Sisi telah mengarahkan kerajaannya untuk pertempuran gangguan seksual berikut rentetan serangan seksual semasa sambutan perasmian pada hari Ahad.
7 lelaki yang berumur antara 15 dan 49 antara ditahan pada hari Isnin untuk menye-rang wanita semasa sambutan perayaan mengikut upacara perasmian Sisi pada hari Ahad, menurut Kementerian Dalam Negeri.
Penangkapan datang selepas kemarahan orang ramai yang dipasang banyak video grafik yang menunjukkan wanita nampaknya gangguan seksual meninggalkan tempat kejadian daripada perayaan.
Orang-orang telah ditangkap di bawah undang-undang baru yang dikeluarkan minggu lepas, yang mentakrifkan dan menjadikan ia satu kesalahan gangguan seksual buat kali pertama. Di bawah undang-undang, pendera akan menerima sekurang-kurangnya enam bulan penjara atau menghadapi denda bermula dari 3,000 pound Mesir (US $ 420).
Dalam usaha untuk pertempuran keganasan seksual yang telah dipergiatkan sejak protes Spring Arab, Sisi "mengarahkan menteri dalaman . . . untuk bersungguh-sungguh menguatkuasakan undang-undang itu dan mengambil semua langkah yang perlu untuk mengatasi gangguan seksual, bentuk yang tidak boleh diterima tingkah laku," yang jawatan presiden dalam satu kenyataan pada Selasa.
"Presiden menyeru semua rakyat utk melaksanakan peranan mereka utk mengem-balikan semangat sebenar nilai-nilai etika dan moral dalam masyarakat Mesir . . . Ini harus datang selari dengan usaha negeri itu untuk dengan kukuh menguat-kuasakan undang-undang."
Dalam video goyah itu disiarkan di YouTube pada hari Ahad, seseorang boleh melihat seorang wanita sebahagiannya bogel dengan lebam teruk di belakang dan pinggul dia diheret jauh dari orang ramai - tinggalan pakaian beliau mengoyakkan dalam proses - oleh seorang anggota polis mengambil dia ke ambulans.
Egypt Govt to tackle Sexual harassment as Inauguration Assaults Spark OUTRAGE . . .
Newly elected Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ordered his government to battle sexual harassment following a string of sexual assaults during inauguration celebrations on Sunday.
Seven men between the ages of 15 and 49 were arrested on Monday for attacking women during festive celebrations following Sisi's inauguration ceremony on Sunday, according to the Interior Ministry. The arrests came after public outrage mounted over a graphic video showing an apparently sexually harassed woman leaving the scene of the celebrations.
The men were arrested under a new law issued last week, which defines and criminalizes sexual harassment for the very first time. Under the law, abusers will receive at least six months in jail or face fines starting from 3,000 Egyptian pounds (US$420).
In an attempt to battle the sexual violence which has intensified since the Arab Spring protests, Sisi “instructed the minister of interior...to vigorously enforce the law and take all necessary measures to combat sexual harassment, an unacceptable form of conduct," the presidency said in a statement on Tuesday.
"The president calls on all citizens to undertake their part to reinstate the true spirit of ethical and moral values in Egyptian society...This should come in parallel with the state's efforts to robustly enforce the law."
In the shaky video posted on YouTube on Sunday, one can see a partially nude woman with severe bruises on her back and hips being dragged away from the crowd – the remains of her clothing ripped in the process – by a policeman taking her to an ambulance.
Walau bagaimanapun, wanita ini bukan satu-satunya mangsa orang ramai lelaki mengamuk di Tahrir Square ikonik, yang telah menjadi simbol revolusi di Mesir. Wanita lain memberi keterangan kira-kira lebih banyak serangan di tempat kejadian.
"Saya keluar dari persegi dengan anak-anak perempuan 7 dan 9 tahun saya apabila kita melihat sekumpulan lelaki bergegas dari tepi jalan ke arah kami," seorang wanita memberitahu seorang pendakwa negeri, seperti yang dipetik oleh Reuters.
"Saya merayu kepada mereka untuk membiarkan anak-anak perempuan saya pergi dan mereka membawa saya dan, kemudian mengoyakkan pakaian saya dengan pisau dan menyerang seksual saya."
Satu lagi mangsa berkata beliau diseret jauh dari orang ramai, dilepaskan bajunya, dan diserang.
However, this woman was not the only victim of the raging crowd of men at the iconic Tahrir Square, which has become a symbol of revolution in Egypt. Other women testified about more attacks at the scene.
"I was coming out of the square with my seven- and nine-year-old daughters when we saw a group of men rushing from a side street in our direction," one woman told a state prosecutor, as quoted by Reuters.
"I begged them to let my daughters go and take me and they did, then tore my clothes with a knife and sexually assaulted me."
Another victim said she was dragged away from the crowd, undressed, and assaulted.
Mesir meraikan selepas majlis mengangkat sumpah dalam Presiden melantik Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, di hadapan Istana Presiden di Kaherah, 8 Jun 2014 (Egyptians celebrate after the swearing-in ceremony of President elect Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, in front of the Presidential Palace in Cairo, June 8, 2014 (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)
Pegawai-pegawai yang bercakap dengan syarat tidak mahu namanya disiarkan memberitahu AP bahawa yang berusia 19 tahun dimasukkan ke hospital. Wanita mem-failkan aduan berikut gelombang sokongan orang ramai mencetuskan video yang mengejutkan.
Kes itu masih belum selesai penyiasatan. 2 daripada ditahannya mengaku menewaskan seorang wanita, manakala 5 yang lain menafikan sebarang salah laku dan berkata wanita telah bangkitkan mereka, sumber-sumber perundangan berkata, seperti yang dipetik oleh Reuters.
Kes gangguan seksual telah meningkat sejak 2011 revolusi negara. Human Rights Watch berkata bahawa hampir 100 wanita diganggu semasa 4 hari bantahan besar-besaran yang membawa kepada rampasan kuasa tentera dan penyingkiran Islamist President Mohammed Morsi pada Julai 2013.
Wartawan asing melaporkan tentang protes juga telah menjadi mangsa gangguan seksual semasa revolusi di Mesir. CBS News wartawan perang Laura Logan berkata diperkosa di dalam Tahrir Square manakala yang meliputi sambutan berikutan pele-takan jawatan Hosni Mubarak pada tahun 2011. Logan berkata perkara itu melibatkan 200-300 lelaki dan berlangsung sekitar 25 minit.
Officials speaking on condition of anonymity told AP that a 19-year-old was hospitalized. The women filed complaints following the wave of public support sparked by the shocking video.
The case is pending investigation. Two of the detained have confessed to beating a woman, while the other five denied any wrongdoing and said the women had provoked them, judicial sources said, as cited by Reuters.
Sexual harassment cases have soared since the country’s 2011 revolution. Human Rights Watch said that almost 100 women were harassed during the four days of mass protests that led to the military coup and the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013.
Foreign journalists reporting on the protests have also been sexually harassed during the revolution in Egypt. CBS News war correspondent Laura Logan said she was raped in Tahrir Square while covering the celebrations following Hosni Mubarak’s resignation in 2011. Logan said the incident involved 200–300 men and lasted around 25 minutes.
9 daripada 10 wanita di Mesir telah mengalami beberapa bentuk gangguan seksual, daripada kejadian kecil kepada rogol, menurut kajian PBB dijalankan pada tahun 2013. Wanita menambah bahawa mereka telah diserang tanpa mengira sama ada mereka berpakaian dalam pakaian Islam konservatif atau pakaian Barat .
"Antara bulan November 2012 dan Jun 2013, kira-kira 250 kes serangan seksual atau gangguan oleh perusuh atau kes rogol menggunakan senjata dilaporkan semasa protes di Kaherah," Fathi Farid daripada 'Saya Saw Gangguan' kumpulan aktivis kepada AFP.
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Nine out of ten women in Egypt have experienced some form of sexual harassment, from minor incidents to rape, according to a UN study carried out in 2013. Women added that they were assaulted regardless of whether they were dressed in conservative Islamic clothes or Western outfits.
"Between November 2012 and June 2013, around 250 cases of sexual assault or harassment by mobs or rapes using weapons were reported during protests in Cairo," Fathi Farid of the 'I Saw Harassment' activist group told AFP.
Mesir meraikan selepas majlis mengangkat sumpah dalam Presiden melantik Abdel Fattah al-Sissi di Tahrir persegi di Kaherah, 8 Jun 2014 (Egyptians celebrate after the swearing-in ceremony of President elect Abdel Fattah al-Sissi in Tahrir square in Cairo, June 8, 2014 (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
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