Alaa Abdel Fatah
Member of the House of Representatives Eman El Alfy, who is also the widow of Armed Forces Martyr Adel Abdel Hamid Eid Hassan, posted a video on Facebook Wednesday.
Spokesperson for Egyptian Foreign Ministry Ahmed Hafez said that “it is in appropriate to comment or touch on Egyptian court rulings,” in response to a question about statements made by US State Department saying U.S. is disappointed by an Egyptian court’s sentencing.
Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday and an LE 100,000 fine for Egyptian political activist Alaa Abdel Fatah.