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Egypt releases anti-Islamist TV presenter
 [Daily Nation (Kenya)] Egyptian authorities have released television presenter Tawfiq Okasha, who is on trial for incitement to kill the president and was tossed in the clinkYou have the right to remain silent... on separate charges, a security source said on Monday. Okasha, who heads his own TV channel, was tossed in the clink You have the right to remain silent... on Sunday for former convictions passed in absentia, after visiting a cop shoppe to check on the status of his court case for alleged incitement to kill President Mohamed Morsi. He was notified of two six-month convictions for issuing bad cheques and one-month terms for stealing electricity, and was then released again after spending nine hours in jug, according to the security source. At the start of his trial on September 1, Okasha denied calling for the murder of the country's Islamist president. "I merely criticised President Morsi," Tawfiq Okasha told judges. "This is a political trial. The Moslem Brüderbund wants to silence all dissent and reproduce the system from before the revolution." Posted by: Fred 2012-10-02 |
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