US Urges Egypt to Release Rights Researcher
The United States has called on Egypt to release rights researcher Patrick Zaki after a court sentenced him Tuesday to three years in prison for an article he wrote.
The court in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura convicted Zaki of "disseminating false news" for the article in which he described discrimination faced by Christians in Egypt.
"Concerned by 3-year sentence of Egyptian human rights defender Patrick