CAIRO, March 26: Outspoken Egyptian editor Ibrahim Eissa was sentenced to six months in jail on Wednesday for writing rumours about President Hosni Mubarak’s health.
The editor-in-chief of Al Dustur daily was charged with spreading “false information... damaging the public interest and national stability” and faced up to three years in prison.
He can appeal the sentence. “This verdict is against all international human rights conventions,” Mr Eissa said after judge S.K. Mustapha handed down the sentence.—AFP
