Egyptian military court upholds sentence of opposition politician
Former anticorruption chief Hisham Geneina's appeal has been rejected after he was jailed for five years for spreading false information
Cairo — An Egyptian military court has rejected an appeal made by Egypt’s former anticorruption chief and an opposition figure against a five-year prison sentence for spreading false news harmful to the military, his lawyer said on Sunday. Shortly before his arrest Hisham Geneina had served on the campaign team of former military chief of staff Sami Anan, who was planning to run as an independent candidate against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in March 2018 elections. But Anan’s presidential bid was cut short when the military arrested him in January 2018 for allegedly running without permission. Genena was arrested a month later after he told the HuffPost Arabi website that Anan was in possession of documents that were damning of senior Egyptian officials. That April a military court sentenced him to five years in prison after finding him guilty of spreading false information.
His lawyer, Hussam Lotfy, said the sentence had been upheld and the verdict was subject to further ...
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