A court in Cairo on Saturday sentenced prominent publisher and activist Hisham Kassem, who had recently stepped up his criticism of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi s rule, to six months in prison,.
Hisham Kassem to serve 6 months in prison, pay $650 fine for alleged slander of ex-minister; sole presidential election campaigner Ahmed al-Tantawi says phone bugged by authorities
Hisham Kassem was convicted of libel and slander against a former cabinet minister and verbally assaulting officers at a police station after he was detained, lawyer says
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