Cairo Criminal Court has punished seven defendants with life sentences and two defendants with 20 years sentences for the sexual harassments and assaults that took place in Tahrir square during al- Sīsī’s inauguration. Counselor Muhammad Alī al- Fiqqī, the head of the Criminal Court stated that whoever thinks of harming Egypt’s women will not escape from justice and punishment (Haytham al- Bura’ī et al, al- Watan, p. 1)