Egyptian businessman sentenced to life in prison for protesting against president
According to state media, an Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced a president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi critic who lives in Spain to live in jail for calling for anti-government protests. The political situation in Egypt was shaken up in 2019 when recordings Mohamed Ali posted on social media accusing Sisi and the military elite of corruption went viral. Mohamed Ali is a construction contractor and aspiring actor. Millions of people saw the videos he posted from Spain , where he has lived for a while, and they momentarily incited a wave of small-scale but loud rallies by hundreds of individuals in the country of North Africa. Following the demonstrations, rights organizations said that the Egyptian government detained 4,000 people, among them prominent professors, activists, and attorneys. According to official media, the court sentenced Ali and his 37 co-accused to life in prison, while a number of other defendants received sentences ranging from five to fifteen years. These courts ...