Egypt jails rights researcher Patrick Zaki for 3 years
An Egyptian court Tuesday sentenced rights researcher Patrick Zaki to three years' prison for "spreading false news", according to human rights defender Hossam Bahgat.
Bahgat, who runs the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights where Zaki works, said no appeal is possible against the conviction over an article Zaki wrote on discrimination against Coptic Christians.
Zaki previously spent 22 months in pre-trial detention until December 2021, and was again taken into custody Tuesday after the court ruling in Mansoura, 130 kilometres (80 miles) north of Cairo.
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