Egyptian Court Gives Six Month Sentence To Facebook Poster
Facebook postings with advice about Egyptian military service have resulted in a sentence of six months in jail plus a fine for Ahmed Hassan Bassyouni.
Don’t give advice on Facebook how to enter Egypt’s armed services, unless you want to spend six months in jail and pay a fine.
That’s the sentence 30-year-old Ahmed Hassan Bassyouni got from an Egyptian military court, the man’s lawyer, Gamal Eid, told AFP.
Bassyouni — whose name has a different spelling from one media outlet to the next — didn’t even say anything negative about the military. He simply gave advice on how to enlist and prepare the requisite documents.
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