On the eve of Eid al-Fitr, cultural rights defenders submit a joint letter calling on the Egyptian president to release Mustafa and Galal. 

Poet will stay behind bars, having been sentenced to 3 years in prison and 10 000 Egyptian pounds (480 euros) fine in the Military Court in Cairo.

Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy was sentenced to three years in jail and fined for “publishing false news” and “insulting the army” through his poetry.

Freemuse calls for the release of poet Galal El-Behairy, who has been detained for 149 days, and for charges against him in two cases to be dropped.