The military court sentenced former Central Auditing Organization head Hisham Genena to five years in prison on charges of spreading false news seen as insulting to the Armed Forces, his lawyers said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, condemned the sentence and called for Genena’s release. Genena was first detained by military prosecutors in February after claiming in an interview with HuffPost Arabi that he had “incriminating evidence” against the Supreme Council of Armed Forces. The story is being picked up by the global press, including the Financial Times.

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