The War On News

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Claim

Claim 281

The judge said the conviction rested partly on the journalists' failure to register with the country's journalist syndicate.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
The judge said the conviction rested partly on the journalists' failure to register with the country's journalist syndicate.
Field
stated_justification
Value
Judge cites lack of syndicate registration
About
incident 2013-egypt-al-jazeera-journalists-jailed
Source
Al Jazeera staff sentenced to jail in Egypt archived copy
Publisher
Al Jazeera
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2015-08-29

Quotation from the source

sentenced the men to prison at least partly because they had not registered with the country's journalist 'syndicate'