Egyptian TV presenter sentenced over pregnancy remarks
An Egyptian TV presenter has been
sentenced to three years in jail after she discussed ways of becoming
pregnant outside a conventional marriage.
Doaa Salah, a presenter
on Al-Nahar TV, asked if her viewers had considered having sex before
marriage, and also suggested a woman could marry briefly to have
children before divorcing.
She was charged and convicted with outraging public decency.
Ms Salah was also ordered to pay 10,000 Egyptian pounds (£430) in compensation.
The authorities said the ideas in the programme "threatened the fabric of Egyptian life", the EFE news agency reports.
Sex before marriage is widely regarded as unacceptable in socially conservative Egypt.
Ms
Salah suggested that a potential husband could be paid for taking part
in a short-lived marriage, and also spoke about how sperm donation is an
accepted method in Western countries - but not in Egypt.
She was
suspended from her presenting job for three months in the aftermath of
the broadcast, before legal action was taken against her.
The three-year sentence follows an initial verdict which is open to an appeal.
BBC
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