Cairo Court Adjourns Trial of Blogger Mohamed Otaka in Drug Case

A Cairo criminal court has postponed proceedings in the drug possession trial of blogger Mohamed Otaka until September.

• The Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday adjourned the trial of blogger Mohamed Otaka, ex-husband of blogger Hadir Abdel Razek, to a session on September 14 to summon arresting officers for testimony.
• The Economic Misdemeanors Appellate Court reduced Otaka's sentence in an indecent content case from six months imprisonment and a one million Egyptian pound fine to three months imprisonment.
• The competent prosecution had issued a decision to freeze Otaka's assets and accounts on charges of money laundering totaling approximately 12 million Egyptian pounds.