Egypt: Ahead of Appeal Ruling, CPJ and Partners Call On Egypt to Release Ahmed Douma

In a joint statement, the Committee to Protect Journalists joined several press freedom and human rights organizations on Thursday, urging Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release political writer Ahmed Douma.

Douma was arrested on April 6 at the Supreme State Security Prosecution headquarters following a six-hour interrogation and held for nearly two months in pretrial detention. On June 3, he was sentenced to one year in prison on charges of publishing “false news and…