Qasr Al-Nil Misdemeanour Court postponed the appeal of the Press Syndicate leaders against their imprisonment to 25 February for a final verdict, according to state media. During the court session, the court heard statements of all witnesses in the case, in which the prosecution representative demanded the court uphold the verdict against the leaders; meanwhile, the defence of the leaders requested their acquittal from charges leveled against them. This was the second court session to view the appeal. Previously during the first court session on 25 December, the prosecution’s argument had not been prepared. Therefore, the court postponed it to hear the prosecution’s argument and to implement a number of requests by the syndicate leaders’ defence team.

Source: Daily News Egypt January 15, 2017 12:55 UTC