Egyptian blogger jailed for three years
Maikel Nabil found guilty of insulting the military and spreading false news. An Egyptian military court has jailed a blogger for three years for criticising the armed forces, ruling the country since president Hosni Mubarak''s ouster in February. "Regrettably, the Nasr City military court sentenced Maikel Nabil to three years in prison," Gamal Eid, Nabil''s lawyer, told the AFP news agency on Monday. "The lawyers were not present, the verdict was handed out almost in secret," he said. Nabil was found guilty of "insulting the military" and of publishing false news. His lawyers said they would appeal the ruling. The verdict is likely to cause concern among Egypt's large network of bloggers who had hoped the overthrow of Mubarak in a popular uprising would usher in a new era of freedom of expression.