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| Alaa Abdel Fattah: Egypt jails activist-blogger for five years | |
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| An Egyptian court has jailed blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, who played a key role during the 2011 uprising, for five years for breaking protest laws. | An Egyptian court has jailed blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, who played a key role during the 2011 uprising, for five years for breaking protest laws. |
| He was previously given a 15-year jail term, but was freed on bail last year. | He was previously given a 15-year jail term, but was freed on bail last year. |
| Alaa Abdel Fattah gained fame as a blogger and pro-democracy campaigner against former President Hosni Mubarak. | Alaa Abdel Fattah gained fame as a blogger and pro-democracy campaigner against former President Hosni Mubarak. |
| Separately, Al-Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have appeared in an Egyptian court for a brief hearing before their retrial. | Separately, Al-Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have appeared in an Egyptian court for a brief hearing before their retrial. |
| The men were freed on bail earlier this month after more than a year behind bars. Their retrial was due to have started today. | |
| After a short hearing their case has now been postponed to 8 March. | |
| The journalists are accused of spreading false information and of helping the banned Muslim Brotherhood. | |
| Australian Peter Greste, the third journalist in the case, was freed on 1 February and deported to Australia. |