Egypt sentences activist Sanaa Seif to 18 months in prison - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Mar 17, 2021

Egyptian rights activist Sanaa Seif stands in a street after being released from the Sayeda Zeinab police station in Cairo at the end of a prison sentence on Nov. 15, 2016. — AFP via Getty Images

Egypt has sentenced prominent activist Sanaa Seif to 1½ years in prison, her sister said Wednesday, in what Amnesty International called a “travesty of justice.”

According to a tweet from Mona Seif, the Cairo Criminal Court convicted her sister of "spreading false news related to the COVID-19 pandemic," "using a Facebook account to terrorize people” and insulting a police officer.

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