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|description_of_content=Tawfiq Okasha was a talk show host and owner of Al-Faraeen satellite channel. Okasha often expressed strong anti-Morsy (Egypt's first president after Mubarak's regime was toppled in 2011. | |description_of_content=Tawfiq Okasha was a talk show host and owner of Al-Faraeen satellite channel. Okasha often expressed strong anti-Morsy (Egypt's first president after Mubarak's regime was toppled in 2011. | ||
|description_of_incident=Okasha's channel was put on hiatus for one month, and Okasha is facing charges for "broadcasting anti-Muslim Brotherhood content, as well as inciting President Mohamed Morsy's assassination, slander, broadcasting false information, disturbing public safety and intimidating citizens." [http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/okasha-s-trial-set-1-september] | |description_of_incident=Okasha's channel was put on hiatus for one month, and Okasha is facing charges for "broadcasting anti-Muslim Brotherhood content, as well as inciting President Mohamed Morsy's assassination, slander, broadcasting false information, disturbing public safety and intimidating citizens." [http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/okasha-s-trial-set-1-september] | ||
|description_of_result= | |description_of_result=On 22 October 2012, Okasha was convicted of insulting President Mohamed Mursi and sentenced to a four-month jail term and a fine of 100 Egyptian pounds (US$16.39). Okasha remained free while appealing the sentence. Amnesty International protested the conviction, calling it "a further blow to freedom of expression" and noting that the organization would consider Okasha a prisoner of conscience were he imprisoned on this basis. | ||
|image=Tawfiq okasha show.jpg | |image=Tawfiq okasha show.jpg | ||
|source=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/rights-group-urges-lawyers-defend-okasha | |source=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/rights-group-urges-lawyers-defend-okasha | ||
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See also http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/okasha-s-trial-set-1-september and http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/okasha-under-investigation-his-tv-channel-suspended | See also http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/okasha-s-trial-set-1-september and http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/okasha-under-investigation-his-tv-channel-suspended | ||
[http://www.webcitation.org/6BfScWu4r Egypt TV host gets jail term for insulting president] | |||
[http://www.webcitation.org/6BfSkb3qa Egypt: Broadcaster’s conviction another blow to freedom of expression] | |||
Latest revision as of 16:32, 4 October 2016
Artist: Tawfiq Okasha
Year: 2012
Date of Action: August 2012
Region:
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Television
Confronting Bodies: The Government of Egypt
Description of Artwork: Tawfiq Okasha was a talk show host and owner of Al-Faraeen satellite channel. Okasha often expressed strong anti-Morsy (Egypt's first president after Mubarak's regime was toppled in 2011.
The Incident: Okasha's channel was put on hiatus for one month, and Okasha is facing charges for "broadcasting anti-Muslim Brotherhood content, as well as inciting President Mohamed Morsy's assassination, slander, broadcasting false information, disturbing public safety and intimidating citizens." [1]
Results of Incident: On 22 October 2012, Okasha was convicted of insulting President Mohamed Mursi and sentenced to a four-month jail term and a fine of 100 Egyptian pounds (US$16.39). Okasha remained free while appealing the sentence. Amnesty International protested the conviction, calling it "a further blow to freedom of expression" and noting that the organization would consider Okasha a prisoner of conscience were he imprisoned on this basis.
Source:
• http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/rights-group-urges-lawyers-defend-okasha
See also http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/okasha-s-trial-set-1-september and http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/okasha-under-investigation-his-tv-channel-suspended
Egypt TV host gets jail term for insulting president
Egypt: Broadcaster’s conviction another blow to freedom of expression
