# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-egypt-al-jazeera-journalists-jailed)
- Source: Al Jazeera staff sentenced to jail in Egypt. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/8/29/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'

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