Egypt : Cairo military court confirms journalist’s ten-year jail sentence

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) is dismayed to learn that Egyptian journalist Ismail Alexandrani’s ten-year prison sentence was upheld by a Cairo military court on 24 December. RSF reiterates its call for the immediate release of this journalist and academic, who specializes in the Sinai. Alexandrani’s conviction on charges of “divulging state secrets” and “membership of a banned group" and

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