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Egypt sentences 59 people to jail over 2013 sit-in

Egypt sentences 59 people to jail over 2013 sit-in

A court in Egypt has sentenced 59 people to 15 years in prison for their role in organising and participating in a 2013 sit-in that ended with security forces killing hundreds of protesters, a judicial source said. Seven defendants were sentenced to five years in prison, while 29 were acquitted. The sit-in continued for weeks at Rabaa al-Adawiya square in Cairo to protest against the overthrow of former president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, before being violently broken up by security forces. The government says many protesters were armed, and that some members of the security forces were killed.…
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