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The military court sentenced former Central Auditing Organization head Hisham Genena to five years in prison<\/strong> on charges of spreading false news seen as insulting to the Armed Forces, his lawyers said on Tuesday, according to Reuters<\/a>. Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, condemned the sentence and called for Genena\u2019s release. Genena was first detained<\/a> by military prosecutors in February after claiming in an interview with HuffPost Arabi that he had \u201cincriminating evidence\u201d against the Supreme Council of Armed Forces. The story is being picked up by the global press, including the Financial Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2019s release. 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