EGYPT: Egyptian activist jailed months after being freed

A court in Egypt has sentenced prominent activist Sanaa Seif to six months in prison in absentia for insulting the judiciary.

Sanaa Seif was released from jail late last year after a presidential pardon

Seif was summoned by the public prosecutor on suspicion of inciting protests in April against President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi for handing over two islands to Saudi Arabia.

She did not attend the summons, which the court deemed an insult.

The 22-year-old said she was handing herself in now because she had no energy left to appeal and the authorities were determined to jail her.

Seif was jailed in 2014 for demonstrating against an anti-protest law and released after a presidential pardon late last year.

She is the sister of the well-known activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been in prison since February last year.

BBC Africa