Egyptian Journalist Gets Jail

(Cairo, Egypt) An Egyptian appeals court sentenced a journalist to two months in prison for writing stories which questioned President Mubarak's health.

Ibrahim Eissa, editor of the independent daily al-Dustor, was originally convicted in March and sentenced to six months on charges of reporting and publishing false information that questioned the health of 80-year-old President Hosni Mubarak.

The judges at the time ruled that a series of articles he published threatened national stability and caused foreign investors to pull their money out of the country.

Mubarak has been in office for more than a quarter of a century and has no obvious successor, making any speculation about his health a very sensitive topic.

So much for free speech in Egypt, eh?