Egyptian lawyer sentenced to prison, 300 lashes for drug smuggling by Saudi court amid outcry in Egypt

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

Reblogged from National Post | News:

CAIRO — An Egyptian human rights lawyer was convicted Tuesday by a Saudi court for smuggling drugs into the kingdom and sentenced to five years in prison and 300 lashes, Egypt's state news agency reported.

The case of Ahmed el-Gezawi caused an outcry in Egypt where his relatives and human rights groups claimed he was detained for allegedly insulting the kingdom's monarch.

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Egyptian could have sacrificed the lawyer, for foreign policy purposes

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