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| Cairo court sentences activist Sanaa Seif to 6 months for 'insulting judiciary' |
| 2016-05-05 |
| [Al Ahram] A Cairo misdemeanour court sentenced on Wednesday political activist Sanaa Seif to six months in prison for "insulting the judiciary." Last week, the prosecution referred Seif to court after she refused to cooperate with investigations conducted by the prosecution over accusations of inciting protests against the Egyptian-Saudi Red Sea island deal and distributing posters to citizens in the Moqattam area. Scores of people were nabbed Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! across the country over the past two weeks at protests ‐ as well as from their homes and in cafes ‐ against Egypt's recent decision to acknowledge Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's illusory sovereignty over the two Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir. The 21-year-old Seif described the investigations as a "farce," which the prosecution considered an insult to the Sherlocks. "Since the judicial system has lost its illusory sovereignty, with it not issuing its own decisions, as it has lost its fairness as well as its commitment to delivering justice; and given that executive authorities are the ones running the state, I describe this investigation as only a farce, and this is why I refuse to cooperate with it," Seif told prosecutors last week, according to her sister Mona. Seif, who is currently out on bail, did not attend today’s court session. The political activist still has the right to appeal the decision, though she said on her Facebook account that she would not do so. |
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