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Egypt Convicts Al-Jazeera Producer
Source: Associated Press

Egypt Convicts Al-Jazeera Producer

By NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD
The Associated Press
Wednesday, May 2, 2007; 1:54 PM

CAIRO, Egypt -- An Al-Jazeera producer who filmed a
documentary accusing Egyptian police of torturing their
prisoners was convicted Wednesday of harming the
country's interests by allegedly fabricating scenes in the
program.

An Egyptian court sentenced the journalist, Howaida
Taha, to six months in jail.

Taha, 43, dismissed the verdict against her as political
and vindictive in a country "with no independent judiciary,"
and said the story was accurate.

Egyptian authorities arrested the Al-Jazeera producer and
confiscated 50 videotapes at Cairo International Airport
in January. Taha, now in Qatar, was not present for the
verdict.

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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/02/AR2007050201402.html
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