The Hangman's Noose for a Media Mogul: What Egypt's Latest Sentencing Says About Free Speech The sentencing of Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa to death by hanging has sent shockwaves through the country's media and human rights communities.
On the surface, this appears as another example of Egypt's increasingly draconian approach to dissent and free speech.
Official reports claim that Khalifa was part of an organized criminal gang involved in manufacturing and trafficking narcotics.