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Blogger Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail With Hard Labour For Saying that Some of Egypt's Women Cheat on Their Husbands

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Taymour el-Sobki
Taymour el-Sobki

Without even mentioning the country where this took place, one can correctly deduct from the headline a limited number of countries where such ridiculousness would be executed.
Despite the extensive progressive discourse surrounding free speech with built in pillars such as opinions and speculations, a group of countries continue to lynch and assault the foundation that holds together freedom of expression in a way that could easily pass for parody.
“An Egyptian blogger has been sentenced to three years in jail with hard labour for claiming on national television 30 per cent of wives would cheat on their husbands if they had the chance,” reports MailOnline.
The website adds that, the blogger was “sentenced under a ‘spreading false news’ charge, the court in Egypt Taymour el-Sobki’s comments would harm public peace and damage the public interest.”
The blogger-El-Sobki faced a backlash from other TV talk show hosts and civilians who filed complaints to public prosecutors accusing him of insulting Egyptian women.

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