Khaled Ali was also convicted in September on charges of public indecency, a development that human rights groups condemned as ‘politically motivated’ to eliminate the president’s rivals.
Sisi, the former commander of Egypt’s military, has yet to announce he will seek reelection, but is widely expected to do so.
Sisi resigned from the army in March 2014 before declaring his candidacy in the country’s presidential elections that year, which he won in a landslide.
Sisi had led a military coup in July 2013 to overthrow Egypt’s first democratically elected leader, Mohamed Morsi.
Konsowa’s wife Rasha Safwat said they would appeal against the verdict. Sky more