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Egypt Convicts Journalist for Dissing Pres
By Micah Halpern

Tuesday October 23, 2012

I've Been Thinking:

Yesterday an Egyptian court sentenced a TV anchorman to four months in prison for insulting the president of Egypt. Tawfiq Okasha was convicted but can still appeal his sentence.

Okasha, who owns Fareen TV network, has denied that he called Morsi a murder - but the court did not see it that way. Okasha's crime took place in the context of a broadcast during which he appeared to be offering commentary and in which he suggested that Morsi, the new president of Egypt, not go to the funerals of those soldiers killed by terrorist.

The implication was that were Morsi to attend the funerals the mourners would lynch him. The court saw this as an insult.
The person who brought the suit explained that Morsi is the new president of Egypt and if you insult Morsi, you insult Egypt.

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