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Free Current coalition says it will not take part in next year's expected presidential contest: 'Political atmosphere will not allow for free, fair and just elections'
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Prominent Egyptian dissident Hisham Kassem has been sentenced to six months in prison, preventing his participation in the upcoming presidential election.
Hisham Kassem, who is a leading official with the Free Current, a coalition of mostly liberal parties, was convicted of slander, defamation and verbally assaulting a police officer, according to Hossam Bahgat, head of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, which represents Kassem before th.e court