Researcher Ismail Alexandrani jailed for 15 days on his return from Germany,where he had given talk on militants in Sinai peninsulaAn Egyptian researcher and freelance journalist detained upon his return to Egypt is being investigated for spreading spurious news, in what his lawyers say is the latest crackdown on press freedoms in the country.
After more than eight hours of questioning in Cairo on Tuesday, and prosecutors ordered Ismail Alexandrani to be jailed for 15 days pending investigations,his lawyers from the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights said in a statement.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com