Egyptian Fugitive anchorman Moataz Matar sentenced to life imprisonment

CAIRO – 29 April 2023: Pro-Muslim Brotherhood T.V. anchorman Moataz Matar, along with four people, were handed down a sentence of life imprisonment for charges with joining a terrorist group and publishing false news, according to a ruling issued state security court in Cairo on Saturday.

In December 2022, An Egyptian court decided to put fugitives Matar and contractor Mohamed Ali and others on the country's terrorist lists for five years, according to the official gazette Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya.

The official gazette published the ruling of the First Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court, approving the request of the Public Prosecution, registered No. 12 of 2022, to blacklist some individuals and entities.