CAIRO: An Egyptian journalist on Sunday appeared before a military court, accused of spreading lies about the army’s campaign against militants in the Sinai Peninsula.
The court in Ismailiya adjourned Ahmed Abu Daraa’s hearing to Sept. 18. Abu Daraa, who writes for the independent daily Al-Masry Al-Youm, was detained on Sept. 4 in north Sinai over published reports that army raids had hit a mosque and houses and also injured civilians.
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders and rights activists have condemned his detention.
“Investigations showed that Mr. Abu Daraa spread lies, saying that the armed forces were attacking mosques, women and children,” military spokesman Ahmed Ali said.
Egypt journalist faces army court over ‘lies’
Egypt journalist faces army court over ‘lies’
