Cairo court confirms arrest of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah

Alaa Abdel Fattah, one of the leading democracy activists involved in the Arabellion, has lost his appeal to Egypt's Supreme Court to get a five year prison sentence quashed. Accused of illegally demonstrating and attacking the police, Alaa Abdel Fattah, along with other acitivists, was originally sentenced in the spring of 2015.