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Egypt: Student jailed for wearing keffiyeh

April 12, 2014 at 10:13 am

A student has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail after being found guilty of rioting, being a member of a banned group and disturbing the peace.


Al-Mansoura Misdemeanors Court’s sentencing of Mohamed Mosaad Al-Gohary, a student at the school of business, Mansoura University, comes following his arrest on November 20 on his way home from university because he was wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh, Rassd News Network reported.