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May 5, 2016

Egypt: Activist Sanaa Seif Sentenced to 6 Years; Journalists Protest Raid on Union
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In Egypt, a court has sentenced human rights activist Sanaa Seif to six
months in prison on charges of "insulting the judiciary." Seif was
summoned by a prosecutor on accusations of inciting protests against
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, but officials said she failed to comply
with the summons. Seif is the sister of blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who
has been jailed since February 2015. To see Democracy Now!'s interview
with Seif in 2011 when she was just 17 years old, go to
democracynow.org. Meanwhile. thousands of journalists rallied Wednesday
to call for an apology and the ouster of Egypt's interior minister
following a police raid on the journalists' union and the arrest of two
reporters. Protests against President el-Sisi reignited last month over
his decision to hand two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.


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