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| Egypt court jails seven men for sexual assaults | Egypt court jails seven men for sexual assaults |
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| A court in Egypt has sentenced at least two men to life in prison and five others to between one and 20 years for sexual assaulting women last month. | |
| The women were attacked in Cairo during celebrations following the election of President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. | |
| Afterwards, Mr Sisi ordered officials to enforce a new law making sexual assault a crime for the first time. | Afterwards, Mr Sisi ordered officials to enforce a new law making sexual assault a crime for the first time. |
| Women's rights groups have in the past accused the Egyptian authorities of failing to tackle the issue. | Women's rights groups have in the past accused the Egyptian authorities of failing to tackle the issue. |
| A 2013 UN study found nine out of 10 Egyptian women had experienced some form of sexual assault, ranging from minor harassment to rape. | |
| Incidents have soared since the 2011 overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. |