Egypt’s Attorney General Hamada Al-Sawi ordered detaining four people for investigations, over uploading a video on social media showing youths bullying a child with disabilities.
The incident took place in Qalyub, Qalyubia governorate, in Lower Egypt. The youths used a dog to intimidate a child with disability, apparently to make fun or joke with him, reports Egypt Today.
By bullying a child with disability, filming him and circulating the video on social media, the arrested persons face accusations of harming a person with disabilities, abusing one of the family principles and values in the Egyptian society, violating his privacy, and creating a form of discrimination against a group of people, which resulted in disturbing the public peace.
Minister of Social Solidarity Nevin Al-Qabbaj said the video has caused her to feel extremely angry as it is against humanity and law. This video contains many legal violations, including intimidating a child and abusing a person with a disability, she added.
In December last year, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi called on the government to consolidate and boost implementation of measures within the framework of empowering citizens with disabilities.
