Yesterday’s sentencing of prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah to five years in prison is getting wall-to-wall coverage in the international press. Abdel Fattah was tried on charges of spreading fake news, along with blogger Mohamed “Oxygen” Ibrahim and lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer, who were each sentenced to four years. The story is everywhere from Europe to the United States: Financial Times | New York Times | Wall Street Journal | BBC | Reuters | DW | France 24 | Washington Post.

Also making headlines:

  • A court has upheld a life sentence for acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Mahmoud Ezzat on terrorism charges, after he appealed the sentence first handed down in April. (The National)
  • Building a new port city east of Alexandria is raising environmental concerns, as the city will involve reclaiming parts of the coast, potentially destroying marine life in the area. (Al Monitor)
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