Otmane El Rhazi : Egypt: Court Sentences TV Show Host to Five Years of Imprisonment

Otmane El Rhazi from Law Library of Congress: Global Legal Monitor.

Crime and law enforcement; Freedom of religion; Freedom of speech - On May 31, 2015, an Egyptian court of first instance found television show host Islam El-Beheiry guilty of insulting the religion of Islam under article 98(f) of the Penal Code. Article 98(f) provides that confinement... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.