#2012 elections
Local private newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm (AMAY) is being charged by Egypt's Supreme State Security Prosecution after revealing the existence of documents relating to the alleged rigging of the 2012 Presidential elections. Ali El-Sayyed, editor-in-chief of AMAY, and Ahmed Youssef, a journalist, have been accused of embezzling confidential documents from the General Prosecution, and disturbing the peace by the spread of false information. El-Sayyed was charged after more than 14 hours of questioning by prosecutors. According to the editor-in-chief, the charges…
