Cairo court urged to quash one-year sentence passed on three journalists
Reporters Without Borders wrote to Cairo criminal court president Almohamady Qonsoah today calling on his court to quash the one-year prison sentence and heavy fines passed yesterday on three journalist with the independent daily al-Masry al-Youm. "In view of President Hosni Mubarak's promise to journalists in February 2004 to abolish prison sentences for 'publishing offences,' we appeal to the common sense of the Egyptian courts," the organization said.
Alaa el-Ghatrifi |
Youssef el-Aoumy |
Abdel N. el-Zouhairy |