Egypt jails 23 activists over protests – Middle East – Al Jazeera English.
The three-year jail sentence handed down is the maximum allowed under the law [AP]
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| An Egyptian court has sentenced 23 pro-democracy activists to three years in jail for holding an illegal protest, despite international calls to free them.
The defendants were sentenced on Sunday for their part in a peaceful demonstration in June near the presidential palace in Cairo, which called for the annulment of a new anti-protest law that severely restricted the right to demonstrate. They were arrested while protesting the detention of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a political blogger, and other activists held in jail. Some of the activists sentenced on Sunday had supported the army’s overthrow of president Mohamed Morsi in 2013. …click on the above link to read the rest of the article… |
