Egypt sentences Al Jazeera journalists to prison, drawing international condemnation – The Washington Post

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Egypt sentences Al Jazeera journalists to prison, drawing international condemnation

The three journalists were sentenced on charges of collaborating with “terrorists” to fabricate news.

via Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypt-sentences-al-jazeera-journalists-to-7-years-in-prison-for-working-with-terrorists/2014/06/23/b4c9958e-fab4-11e3-932c-0a55b81f48ce_story.html?wprss=rss_world

Observers said prosecutors presented no evidence implicating the defendants in any terrorism-related activity. The trial prompted international criticism that Egypt is in a dangerous slide toward authoritarianism.

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