This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/03/egyptian-tv-presenter-jailed-for-pregnancy-out-of-wedlock-remarks
The article has changed 3 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Egyptian TV presenter jailed for pregnancy out of wedlock remarks | Egyptian TV presenter jailed for pregnancy out of wedlock remarks |
| (2 months later) | |
| Doaa Salah handed three years in jail for ‘outraging public decency’ by discussing the possibility of a woman becoming a single mother on her show | |
| Agence France-Presse in Cairo | |
| Fri 3 Nov 2017 20.38 GMT | |
| Share on Facebook | |
| Share on Twitter | |
| Share via Email | |
| View more sharing options | |
| Share on LinkedIn | |
| Share on Pinterest | |
| Share on Google+ | |
| Share on WhatsApp | |
| Share on Messenger | |
| Close | |
| An Egyptian court has sentenced a female television presenter to three years in jail after she spoke on her show about pregnancy outside marriage, a judicial source has said. | An Egyptian court has sentenced a female television presenter to three years in jail after she spoke on her show about pregnancy outside marriage, a judicial source has said. |
| Doaa Salah was convicted of “outraging public decency”, the source said on Friday. | Doaa Salah was convicted of “outraging public decency”, the source said on Friday. |
| The court also ordered her to pay a bond of 10,000 Egyptian pounds (£433) so she can remain at liberty ahead of a possible appeal. | The court also ordered her to pay a bond of 10,000 Egyptian pounds (£433) so she can remain at liberty ahead of a possible appeal. |
| Salah went on trial after a lawyer filed a complaint against her following a show on the private television channel An-Nahar in July. | Salah went on trial after a lawyer filed a complaint against her following a show on the private television channel An-Nahar in July. |
| During the broadcast, Salah discussed the possibility of a woman becoming a single mother, suggesting that a woman could marry only to conceive and then divorce. | During the broadcast, Salah discussed the possibility of a woman becoming a single mother, suggesting that a woman could marry only to conceive and then divorce. |
| She then reportedly asked the audience about their opinion, and then summed up by saying that “everyone rejects the idea (of pregnancy outside of marriage), and not everything that happens abroad can happen in our society”. | She then reportedly asked the audience about their opinion, and then summed up by saying that “everyone rejects the idea (of pregnancy outside of marriage), and not everything that happens abroad can happen in our society”. |
| Sex outside marriage is taboo in Egypt’s conservative society. | Sex outside marriage is taboo in Egypt’s conservative society. |
| Egypt | |
| Africa | |
| Middle East and North Africa | |
| Share on Facebook | |
| Share on Twitter | |
| Share via Email | |
| Share on LinkedIn | |
| Share on Pinterest | |
| Share on Google+ | |
| Share on WhatsApp | |
| Share on Messenger | |
| Reuse this content |