Al Jazeera condemns the 15-year jail sentence given to its journalist for interviewing an opposition leader. Al Jazeera Media Network has condemned the 15-year jail sentence given in Egypt to one of its journalists.
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Amnesty: Exclude security agencies from reviewing releases of jailed critics in Egypt
The fate of thousands of arbitrarily detained men and women should not rest in the hands of Egypt’s security agencies, namely the National Security Agency and General Intelligence, Amnesty International said today following the release of four prisoners held for political reasons, based on recommendations by the recently re-activated Presidential …
Egyptian court sentences Al Jazeera presenter in absentia to 15 years in prison
An Egyptian journalist and presenter for Al Jazeera has been sentenced to 15 years in absentia for hosting and interviewing former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh.
Egypt court upholds imprisonment for Tik Tok girl over indecent content
The Child Juvenile Court in Egypt upheld on Tuesday the imprisonment term for Nancy Ayman, known on social media as Moka Hegazi for one year, on the grounds that her charges were of gross indecency.