Topic - Egyptian Initiative For Personal Rights

Bahgat said the court in Cairo also fined Kassem 20,000 Egyptian pounds (around $647). Saturday’s verdict is subject to an appeal before a higher court.

Egyptian court gives a government critic a 6-month sentence in a case condemned by rights groups →

Bahgat said on Twitter that el-Baker had also been released.

Two prominent Egyptian rights figures released from prison following pardons →