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Egypt: Activist Sanaa Seif Sentenced to 6 Months; Journalists Protest Raid on Union

HeadlineMay 05, 2016

In Egypt, a court has sentenced human rights activist Sanaa Seif to six months in prison on charges of “insulting the judiciary.” Seif was summoned by a prosecutor on accusations of inciting protests against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, but officials said she failed to comply with the summons. Seif is the sister of blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who has been jailed since February 2015. To see Democracy Now!'s interview with Seif in 2011 when she was just 17 years old, go to democracynow.org. Meanwhile. thousands of journalists rallied Wednesday to call for an apology and the ouster of Egypt's interior minister following a police raid on the journalists’ union and the arrest of two reporters. Protests against President el-Sisi reignited last month over his decision to hand two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.

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