Egyptian Blogger Shadi Abu Zeid Jailed for 6 Months Over 2016 Facebook Video
December 22, 2020
December 22, 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news on Dec. 21:
Egyptian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release blogger Shadi Abu Zeid, and cease jailing members of the press for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On November 21, a Cairo appeals court sentenced video blogger Abu Zeid to six months in prison after convicting him of insulting a government official in a Facebook post, according t . . .
Egyptian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release blogger Shadi Abu Zeid, and cease jailing members of the press for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On November 21, a Cairo appeals court sentenced video blogger Abu Zeid to six months in prison after convicting him of insulting a government official in a Facebook post, according t . . .