Document #1234320

OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture

Repeal of the sentence issued against Messrs. Kamal Abbas and Mohamed Helmy [EGY 001 / 0407 / OBS 035.3]

http://www.omct.org/index.php?id=&lang=eng&actualPageNumber=1&articleSet=Appeal&articleId=7637

ecoi.net summary:
A Court in Cairo on 27 February 2008 has repealed the one-year-imprisonment sentence which has been issued against the General Coordinator of the Centre for Trade Unions and Workers Services (CTUWS) Kamal Abbas and his lawyer Mohamed Helmy on 11 October 2007 for slander and defamation of character
Country:
Egypt
Source:
OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Original link:
http://www.omct.org/index.php?id=&lang=eng&actualPageNumber=1&articleSet=Appeal&articleId=7637
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Published:
4 March 2008
Document ID:
1234320 (former ID 93307)

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