A Dokki appeals court in Giza adjourned on Wednesday the appeal filed by rights lawyer and presidential hopeful Khaled Ali against a three-month prison sentence on charges of offending public decency, to March 7. In their absence on Wednesday, the court heard three witnesses deny that Ali had committed the gesture. In the video, Ali appears to raise his middle finger towards the Supreme Administrative Court, following their controversial ruling. The two other witnesses reaffirmed Samy’s opinion, saying that an additional finger is edited onto Ali’s hand in the video. In court, Ali said that television host Ahmed Moussa, who broadcast the video on his program on Sada al-Balad, had previously broadcast fake videos.

Source: Egypt Independent January 04, 2018 11:15 UTC