correspondent sharif abdel kouddous in march.was just sentenced to 15 years in prison, the first conviction of a prominent activist since former army chief took office al-sisi as president. we are joined by ahdaf soueif, the aunt of alaa abd el-fattah and we're also joined by sharif abdel kouddous, democracy now! correspondent in cairo. we welcome you both. let's turn first to ahdaf soueif . your response to this sentence? well, the sentence is completely ridiculous. the charges are trumped up and everyone knows that. -- iars for protesting mean, one hardly knows how to comment. the trial hasn't even started. he was waiting to be called in for the trial to start. the lawyers were registering and going to the security procedure, convene heard the judge the empty court an hour early and sentenced him to 15 years. they were picked up from the coffee shop outside where they were waiting. they not only is the content completely ludicrous, but even the procedures used have been thrown away. does the procedures they were so keen on have

correspondent sharif abdel kouddous who was in the courtroom today as well. adel fahmy, can you respond to the verdict of the court? yes, it was an absolute shock for all of us. we totally expected the opposite. [indiscernible] it is very sad with the judicial .ystem has given the verdict adel.hink we just lost we will try to get him back. sharif, you were there with the families, with the packed courtroom. tell us what happened today. >> what this really means is that in egypt, journalism is a crime. the courts found these three journalists guilty, giving mohamed fahmy and peter greste as well as baher mohamed three years, and in adding on more -- giving them seven years, then adding on three more casings, having shell making baher mohamed having 10 years. they were trying to respond to this outrageous verdict and had to be pulled. peter greste said nothing, simply held up a closed fist in the air and baher mohamed was shaking his head. this is the little margin of freedom of expression and freedom of the press that has been continually shrinking in egypt. i

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