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Egyptian court frees poet
July 22, 2009
Civil servant Mr Hanna, 56, had been ordered to pay 100,000 Egyptian pounds ($18,000; £11,000), which was also overturned by the appeals court in Adwa, Minya province.
None of the offending verses written by Mr Hanna has been published.
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An Egyptian court has overturned a three-year jail sentence given to a poet for insulting the president.
The court accepted the argument of Moneer Said Hanna's lawyer that he had been investigated and put on trial without having had access to a lawyer.Civil servant Mr Hanna, 56, had been ordered to pay 100,000 Egyptian pounds ($18,000; £11,000), which was also overturned by the appeals court in Adwa, Minya province.
None of the offending verses written by Mr Hanna has been published.
Read the full article here.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8159850.stm, 20 July 2009
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