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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 05:30 AM Jun 2014

Egypt President Sisi 'will not interfere' in al-Jazeera case

Source: BBC News

Egypt's president has said he will not "interfere" with the judiciary over the sentencing of al-Jazeera journalists in Cairo, which triggered global outrage.

Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said "we must respect judicial rulings and not criticise them even if others do not understand this".

A court in Cairo found Australian Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed guilty of spreading false news.

The trio had denied the charges and are expected to appeal.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-27993756

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Egypt President Sisi 'will not interfere' in al-Jazeera case (Original Post) dipsydoodle Jun 2014 OP
totally bogus. fuck al-Sisi. He's a vile pig strongman. cali Jun 2014 #1
Gee now if Fox News shows up there PatrynXX Jun 2014 #2
false news PatrynXX Jun 2014 #3
Piece of shit of a man. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #4
Special ops somewhere should be planning to break them out of jail and get them out. nt kelliekat44 Jun 2014 #5

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
2. Gee now if Fox News shows up there
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 11:31 AM
Jun 2014

what happens lol love to see what happens.. oh wait.. Fox News probably runs Egypt

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
3. false news
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 11:34 AM
Jun 2014

for some reason reminds me of a line from the fantasy film The Colour of Magic (Britain spelling) it's a British movie of Terry Pratchetts where Jeremy Irons accuses David Jason of using false coinage yeah well the coin is made out of pure gold compared to the real coins

so Egypts fake news is made of up fake news compared to AJ's mostly real news..

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