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Egypt military court sentences journalist Ismail Alexandrani to ten years in prison
[AlAhram] An Egyptian military court sentenced on Tuesday Egyptian journalist and researcher Ismail Alexandrani to ten years in prison for spreading false news and joining a banned group.

Alexandrani, a prominent journalist and an expert on hard boy groups in the North Sinai, was incarcerated
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 after arriving at Hurghada airport from Germany in December 2015.

He was referred to a military trial for a number of charges including spreading false news and joining a banned group, in reference to the Moslem Brüderbund.
A dreadful charge, of course, but it seems a tad unlikely given his interst in Ansar Bayt al Maqdis/ISIS in the Sinai.
This is a first degree military court ruling that can be appealed within 60 days of its ratification.
...and possibly five years from now the final ruling after the final appeal will be handed down, Mr. Alexandrani having languished in orison the entire time.
The Times of Israel adds:
Alexandrani had been in pretrial detention for two and a half years since his arrest in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada after he returned from a work trip in Berlin.

An expert on jihadist movements in North Sinai, where security forces are fighting an insurgency led by the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 group, Alexandrani had been to Germany to deliver lectures on the political situation in Egypt, his wife Khadija Gaafar had said at the time.

Alexandrani was also known for his anti-regime writings and for criticising the military’s role in politics, and was a contributor to publications including the French online magazine Orient XXI, which confirmed his sentencing on Twitter.

Co-defendant Walid Mohareb was also sentenced to 10 years in prison in the same trial, which included 18 others who were being tried in absentia, Abdel Aal said.
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-05-23
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