An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced rights researcher Patrick Zaki to three years' prison for 'spreading false news', a rights activist said, even as the government conducts a dialogue aiming to give the opposition a voice.
An Egyptian court sentenced researcher Patrick Zaki to three years in prison for "spreading false news", according to human rights defender Hossam Bahgat.Researcher Patrick Zaki was sentenced to three years in prison by an Egyptian court on Tuesday for"spreading false news".
Zaki previously spent 22 months in pre-trial detention until December 2021, and was again taken into custody Tuesday after the court ruling in Mansoura, 130 kilometres north of Cairo. Egypt ranks in the lowest group of the Academic Freedom Index, with researchers frequently detained and harassed for their work.
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