An Egyptian appeals court on Thursday reduced and suspended the prison sentence of author Fatima Naoot who was convicted on charges of insulting religion, a judicial official said.
Naoot had been sentenced to three years in jail in January after she criticised in a Facebook post the slaughter of cattle and sheep for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
She had left the country and returned last month as she appealed the ruling.
Naoot told AFP she intended to also appeal against Thursday's ruling, a suspended six-month sentence. [Your Middle East] Read more
