Thursday .. start of the trial, editor of the Constitution on charges of insulting the president

Start Giza Criminal Court headed by Judge Mohammed Fahim Darwish after tomorrow, Thursday, the first trial of Islam Afifi editor of "constitution" in the case of defaming President Mohamed Morsi president and spreading false news that would harm the public interest.
The Supreme State Security Prosecution has started investigating the case in light of the reports submitted to it by some citizens accused Islam Afifi and Eye inciting sectarian strife and insult and defamation and insulting the president and inciting chaos to society through the newspaper.
The public prosecutor at the start of the investigation by issuing a decree banning Islam Afifi from leaving the country and put it on the lists of the travel ban pending further investigation and until the disposition of the investigation, were also seized a set of numbers Eye Multi accusations by the Department for Combating Crimes publications Interior Ministry before the start of the investigation.
And referred to the Criminal Court Afifi was assigned to the prosecution after charges related to the deployment of data, news and false rumors in the number of newspaper Constitution, involves insulting the president and would disturb public security and harm the public interest and to destabilize the country and provoke panic among the people.
The prosecution - in the gallery referral decision - they began to investigate the numerous submitted to it by some citizens in this regard, and stated in the police investigation, and that the investigations have resulted in the availability of evidence anecdotal, material and technical confirms the occurrence of crimes above statement and commit Afifi her, pointing to it (the prosecution) has identified more than date him (Afifi) in order to be interrogated but he fails to appear.
It is noteworthy that the charges assigned to Islam Afifi fall under material punishable by court misdemeanors, is the fact that the charges had been committed against a person of the President, makes a criminal court - under the law Her inherent jurisdiction of the trial, so that the law select the Criminal Court for the consideration of the facts libel and insult that is located right public figures of senior state officials, ministers and members of parliament, while the courts shall misdemeanors into similar cases against private individuals