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
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'