An Egyptian court has sentenced the former presidential candidate and human rights lawyer, Khaled Ali, to three months in prison for publicly performing a middle-finger gesture, privately owned Al-Youm al-Sabi has reported.
Mr Ali, who recently spearheaded a case challenging the government’s islands deal with Saudi Arabia, was detained for making the “obscene hand gesture” during a demonstration outside the State Council headquarters in January, according to his lawyer.
A video was circulated in May in which Mr Ali appeared raising his middle finger while being lifted by the crowd.
