Egypt sentences ex-presidential candidate to 15 years: judiciary
An Egyptian emergency court on Sunday sentenced former presidential candidate Abdelmoneim Aboul Fotouh to 15 years in prison for “spreading false news” and “incitement against state institutions”, judiciary sources said.
Aboul Fotouh has been in detention since 2018 and his trial began last November, though Egyptian law sets a legal cap of two years for pretrial detention.
The verdict cannot be appealed.
He was sentenced alongside 24 others, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood group, from which the former candidate had defected years before.
