Egypt Re-Arrests Journalist Ismail Alexandrani Over Social Media Posts

Washington, D.C. — The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on Egyptian authorities to immediately release journalist Ismail Alexandrani, who has already spent years imprisoned for his reporting.

Alexandrani was arrested on September 24 at a checkpoint in Matrouh Governorate, northwestern Egypt, and later charged with joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and rumors, and using a website to promote terrorist ideas. Authorities ordered him held for 15 days pending an…