Gamal Mubarak comments on the new law on the regulation of the press: can it be applied retroactively?

Alaa Mubarak, son of former president Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, commented on the law on press and media approved by the House of Representatives and pointed out Article 19 of the Special Law on the " spreading false news ".

Mubarak, "Article 19 of the Press and Information Act provides that" the newspaper or the media do not have the right to publish or disseminate false information. "

" Can this be applied retroactively? What is the punishment of a journalist or mediator who makes and spreads lies?

Article 19 of the Press and Media Act states: "It is forbidden to publish or disseminate false news or to incite to commit an offense. Law, violence or hatred, discriminate against citizens, call for racism or intolerance, or involve the symptoms of a person, a spa or slander or abuse of religion or divine religious beliefs. "

Article 19 of the Press and Information Act: The newspaper or the media is prohibited from publishing or disseminating false news. Canuma is the punishment of the journalist or the media who fabricate and spread the lies.

– Alaa Mubarak (@AlaaMubarak_) July 17, 2018