Court upholds Alaa Abdel Fattah’s prison sentence

The Court of Cassation upheld the five-year jail sentence against opposition activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, Reuters reports. “Abdel Fattah, who has already served more than three years in prison, was jailed for protesting without permission … Prosecutors said Abdel Fattah was guilty of organizing a protest in November 2013 because he had promoted it on social media.”