A Cairo appeals court gave former Press Syndicate head Yehia Qalash a one-year suspended prison sentence on Saturday on charges of harboring fugitives at the Press Syndicate headquarters last May, Reuters reports. Syndicate board members Khaled Al Balshy and Gamal Abdel Rahim received the same sentence. All three had been sentenced to two years in prison last November.
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