- Title: Egypt court sentences 43 anti-government protesters to life - sources
- Date: 25th July 2017
- Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (JULY 25, 2017) (REUTERS) PEOPLE SITTING AT CAIRO CRIMINAL COURT HELD IN POLICE ACADEMY JUDGE PANEL PRESIDING JUDGE MOHAMED NAGY SHEHATA JOURNALISTS AND LAWYERS IN COURT/ DEFENDANTS IN CAGE BEHIND GLASS BARRIER VARIOUS OF DEFENDANTS IN CAGE SEEN THROUGH BARRIER (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PRESIDING JUDGE MOHAMED NAGY SHEHATA, SAYING: "Ahmed Said Ramadan Al Sawy, and all defendants sentenced to life in prison for the crimes that they had committed." / (AUDIO OF DEFENDANTS SCREAMING FROM CAGE) VARIOUS OF DEFENDANTS IN CAGE
- Embargoed: 8th August 2017 14:13
- Keywords: court case Egypt riots 2011 Ahmed Said Ramadan Al Sawy
- Location: CAIRO, EGYPT
- City: CAIRO, EGYPT
- Country: Egypt
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
- Reuters ID: LVA0016R7UJBB
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- Story Text: An Egyptian criminal court sentenced 43 activists to life in prison on Tuesday (July 25), in a retrial of anti-government protesters who clashed with authorities in late 2011.
The 43 defendants had been charged with rioting, vandalism and attacking security forces during clashes with police and the army in Cairo in December 2011, in which at least 17 people were killed and almost 2,000 were wounded.
The defendants were also fined more than 17 million Egyptian pounds (726,275.46 pounds) combined for vandalising public property during the clashes.
Nine others were sentenced to 10 years in prison and one to five years, while 92 were acquitted, in the case that was dubbed by local media "cabinet clashes", a reference to the cabinet building where the unrest occurred.
The defendants can appeal their verdicts to a higher court. Life sentences in Egypt last 25 years. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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