Egypt Sentences Detained Journalist to 20 Years – Accused of Threatening 2nd Journalist

Washington, D.C. — Egyptian authorities sentenced in absentia journalist Yasser Abu Al-Ela to 20 years in prison on charges of joining a terrorist organization and spreading false news. Separately, press freedom advocate Rasha Azab accused the Interior Minister and the head of the National Security Agency of orchestrating recent threats against her and surveilling her movements, which culminated in the theft of her car on November 5.

“It is disgraceful that Egyptian authorities sentenced Yasser…