The Criminal Court of Minya issued its verdict on Monday against Beshoy Armia, a 32-year-old Christian convert who works as a reporter for a US-based Christian TV network called "The Road."
Source/Credit: Ahram Online / AP
By Ahram Online | 23 Jun 2014
Journalist who made waves in 2008 over his public conversion to Christianity is accused of misrepresenting Christian oppression
A court in Upper Egypt has sentenced journalist Bishoy Armia to five years in prison and a fine of LE500 fine for inciting sectarian strife, Al-Ahram's Arabic news website reported on Monday.
32-year-old Beshoy Armia is a Christian convert who works as a reporter for a US-based Christian TV network called "The Road." He was arrested last December and charged of publishing false news to incite sectarian strife.
Armia was arrested in Upper Egypt's Minya after clashes between Muslims and Christians in the city following a controversial relationship between a Muslim girl and a Christian.
Al-Ahram said the defendant – originally named Mohamed Hegazy El-Sayed – was also sentenced for "depicting Christians as suffering from sectarian oppression" and reporting the "misinformation."
The 32-year-old journalist made headlines in 2008 when he lobbied to have his religion changed on his national identification card from Islam to Christianity, after converting and subsequently changing his name from Mohamed Hegazy to Bishoy Armia.
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