Hawass has just posted on his blog that he is not going to jail, and he will remain as Minister of Antiquities. It appears that today, just one day after the decree, the legal team have won the appeal against his imprisonment.
I do have to question whether a common or garden citizen would have had an appeal heard within 24 hours of the original sentence. It takes months, even years for an appeal to be heard in the UK, is Egypt's court system that organised that it can hear an appeal and rule on it so quickly?
http://www.drhawass.com/blog/decision-court-case-against-me
I have been unable to find any other sources except for Hawass's own blog
CNN are reporting, having spoken to the Ministry of Interior, but are also acknowledging that the only information regarding today's events are from Hawass's own blog.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/04/18/egypt.hawass.sentence/
I do have to question whether a common or garden citizen would have had an appeal heard within 24 hours of the original sentence. It takes months, even years for an appeal to be heard in the UK, is Egypt's court system that organised that it can hear an appeal and rule on it so quickly?
http://www.drhawass.com/blog/decision-court-case-against-me
I have been unable to find any other sources except for Hawass's own blog
CNN are reporting, having spoken to the Ministry of Interior, but are also acknowledging that the only information regarding today's events are from Hawass's own blog.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/04/18/egypt.hawass.sentence/
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