Ahmed Moussa

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Charge:	Insulting a public official
Sentence:	2 years
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	2014
Year Convicted:	2015
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Egypt
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City of Crime:	Cairo
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Ahmed Moussa was wrongly convicted in 2015 of insulting politician Osama Ghazali Harb on September 20, 2014. Harb is a writer and former chief of Egypt's Democratic Front Party. Moussa is a television broadcaster on TV channel Sada El Balad in Cairo. Moussa regularly launches blistering attacks on Islamists and the activists behind the 2011 uprising against then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Moussa was sentenced to two years in prison. On June 23, 2015 an appeals court in Cairo overturned Moussa's conviction."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 23, 2015 an appeals court in Cairo overturned Moussa's conviction."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Egypt court overturns conviction of TV broadcaster for insulting politician, By Associated Press, Star-Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), June 23, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.startribune.com/egypt-court-overturns-conviction-of-journalist/309326631/
Information Source 2:	"Egyptian TV host Ahmed Moussa sentenced to jail for insulting politician, By Staff writer, ahram.org, March 17, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/125486/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-TV-host-Ahmed-Moussa-sentenced-to-jail-fo.aspx
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Ahmed Moussa

Charge:

Insulting a public official

Sentence:

2 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2014

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Egypt

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Cairo

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 23, 2015 an appeals court in Cairo overturned Moussa's conviction."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Age When Released:

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Egypt court overturns conviction of TV broadcaster for insulting politician, By Associated Press, Star-Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), June 23, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.startribune.com/egypt-court-overturns-conviction-of-journalist/309326631/

Information Source 2:

"Egyptian TV host Ahmed Moussa sentenced to jail for insulting politician, By Staff writer, ahram.org, March 17, 2015"

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http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/125486/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-TV-host-Ahmed-Moussa-sentenced-to-jail-fo.aspx

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