CAIRO, Oct 31 - An Egyptian military court sentenced an opposition lawmaker -- a nephew of the late President Anwar Sadat -- to a year in jail on Tuesday for insulting the armed forces, his spokesman said.
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Talaat SadatÂ’s spokesman told Reuters the lawmaker was also convicted of spreading disinformation. There is usually no appeal against emergency military court verdicts.
The lawmaker had said he believed the 1981 assassination of Sadat was an international conspiracy in which senior Egyptian military officials at the time were involved. He has said his comments were not intended to insult the military establishment.
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The Islamist militant who shot dead the former President Sadat as he watched a military parade was later tried and executed. |