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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Egyptian pair face jail for libel

Two Egyptian journalists and the head of the country's nationalist opposition party have been sentenced to a month in jail after being convicted, in absentia, of libel. The editor of the al-Wafd newspaper, Anwar al-Hawari, and a correspondent, Younes Darwish, were charged because they reported accusations against two businessmen of illegally appropriating land belonging to a ministry. At least 11 journalists in Egypt have been handed jail terms since early September. (Via Reuters)

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