Egypt president insulted by a satirist
An Egyptian satirist who made fun of President Mohamed Mursi on TV will be investigated by prosecutors after allegations that he was the leader standing undermined a judicial source said Tuesday.
Bassem Youssef case will raise concerns about freedom of expression in the post-Mubarak era, especially when the country's new constitutional provisions criticized by human rights defenders, including prohibits insults covers.
In a separate case that fuels concern about press freedom, one of the leading independent Egyptian newspapers said it was investigated by the Prosecutor following a complaint from the Presidency, as the accused of publishing false news.
Youssef rose to fame after the uprising that swept Mubarak from power in February 2011 with a satirical online program that was compared Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Since then he has his own show on Egyptian TV and mocked repeated use Mursi of the word "love" in his speeches, by starting one of its programs with a love song, holding a red pillow with the face of President printed on it.
The Attorney General has ordered an investigation into a formal complaint against Youssef of a Muslim lawyer. The complaint accuses him of "insulting" Mursi, a Muslim supported by the Muslim Brotherhood, and "undermining his position."
Human rights activists say it is the latest in a series of defamation cases that are sick good for freedom of expression as Egypt converter its institutions after Mubarak was overthrown.
"The greatest threat to freedom of expression in the past four months, this increase in defamation cases, regardless of whether a charge of defaming the President or the judiciary," said Heba Morayef, Egypt director of the New York-based Human Rights Watch.
The article was a report on Saturday on the website of the newspaper that "informed sources" said Mursi was due to the hospital to visit, without justifying the trip above, said al-Masry al-Youm in an online statement of the case against it.
The Presidency denied Mursi was due to the hospital to visit. The newspaper writes that his original story to tell about the president's visit was canceled, and instead his wife to the hospital to visit an updated family.
Al-Masry Al-Youm said one of the editors were summoned by the prosecutor for questioning next Saturday.
An Egyptian satirist who made fun of President Mohamed Mursi on TV will be investigated by prosecutors after allegations that he was the leader standing undermined a judicial source said Tuesday.
Bassem Youssef case will raise concerns about freedom of expression in the post-Mubarak era, especially when the country's new constitutional provisions criticized by human rights defenders, including prohibits insults covers.
In a separate case that fuels concern about press freedom, one of the leading independent Egyptian newspapers said it was investigated by the Prosecutor following a complaint from the Presidency, as the accused of publishing false news.
Youssef rose to fame after the uprising that swept Mubarak from power in February 2011 with a satirical online program that was compared Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Since then he has his own show on Egyptian TV and mocked repeated use Mursi of the word "love" in his speeches, by starting one of its programs with a love song, holding a red pillow with the face of President printed on it.
The Attorney General has ordered an investigation into a formal complaint against Youssef of a Muslim lawyer. The complaint accuses him of "insulting" Mursi, a Muslim supported by the Muslim Brotherhood, and "undermining his position."
Human rights activists say it is the latest in a series of defamation cases that are sick good for freedom of expression as Egypt converter its institutions after Mubarak was overthrown.
"The greatest threat to freedom of expression in the past four months, this increase in defamation cases, regardless of whether a charge of defaming the President or the judiciary," said Heba Morayef, Egypt director of the New York-based Human Rights Watch.
The article was a report on Saturday on the website of the newspaper that "informed sources" said Mursi was due to the hospital to visit, without justifying the trip above, said al-Masry al-Youm in an online statement of the case against it.
The Presidency denied Mursi was due to the hospital to visit. The newspaper writes that his original story to tell about the president's visit was canceled, and instead his wife to the hospital to visit an updated family.
Al-Masry Al-Youm said one of the editors were summoned by the prosecutor for questioning next Saturday.
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