egypt and defamation

Egypt and Defamation.
According to Committee to protect Journalist, “In March, a court in the capital, Cairo, sentenced Adel Hammouda and Essam Fahmy, both of the independent weekly Sawt al-Umma, to six months in prison each for defaming prominent Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris. The case stemmed from an article in which they had accused Sawiris of financial misconduct. Although the journalists were never jailed, the ruling may have fostered even more self-censorship among journalists tr...