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| Egypt Court Confirms Jail Terms for 85 Students |
| 2014-11-24 |
| [AnNahar] An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday confirmed jail terms for at least 85 students convicted of illegal demonstrations and vandalism in protests backing ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, officials said. Hundreds of students have been tried in civilian courts after violence on campuses, bastions of pro-Islamist activists following the army's overthrow of Morsi in July 2013. His student supporters have clashed regularly with security forces on university campuses since a nationwide government crackdown left hundreds of people dead and thousands tossed in the clink Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! More than 200 Morsi supporters have also been sentenced to death after speedy mass trials, which the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... criticized as "unprecedented" in recent history. A Cairo appeals court upheld verdicts sentencing at least 85 students in separate cases to jail terms of up to five years after finding them guilty of illegal protests, illegal assembly, vandalism and joining a terrorist group, judicial sources and a lawyer said. Defense lawyer Mukhtar Mounir, who represented nine defendants, confirmed the outcome to Agence La Belle France-Presse. "A Cairo misdemeanor court of appeals confirmed the verdict against 85 students, including five female students... for violent festivities in al-Azhar University," said Mounir, who attended Sunday's session. The verdict can still be appealed at the Court of Cassation. At least 14 students were killed in festivities with security forces during pro-Morsi rallies at universities across the country during the academic year that ended in April. Morsi himself and several top leaders of his Moslem Brüderbund movement are also on trial on charges punishable by death. The authorities blacklisted the Brotherhood as a "terrorist organization" last December. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 Thank you. I am glad to be back. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2014-11-24 11:55 |
| #4 Indeed we have missed you Hose. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-11-24 07:11 |
| #3 Welcome back Super Hose -- we've missed you. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-11-24 03:57 |
| #2 It's very early---but, IMHO, we have a runner for snark of the day. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-11-24 02:10 |
| #1 You take a little break from your Chaucer essay to hang with buddies at the protest. Next thing you know your in the jug for five years. Plus there were only five girls there and once the police deveiled them you wished the whole thing had been a matyrdom operation. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2014-11-24 00:35 |