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| Egypt courts order release of 21 pro-Morsi female protesters |
| 2013-12-08 |
[Pak Daily Times] Egyptian appeals courts ordered the release Saturday of 21 women and girls tossed in the slammerPlease don't kill me! over a protest in support of the ousted Islamist president, in a case that sparked a public outcry, after reducing their sentences. To chants of "God is greatest" from supporters in an Alexandria courtroom, the 14 women -- initially tossed in the slammer Please don't kill me! for 11 years -- were ordered freed after receiving one-year suspended sentences. The girls, whose case was heard in a separate court, were put on three months' probation after having initially been sentenced to juvenile detention. The initial sentences shocked even supporters of the military-installed government when they were handed down last month, and images of the white-clad defendants also galvanised the Islamist opposition. All 21 were convicted of taking part in a violent protest demanding Islamist president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... 's reinstatement following his overthrow by the army in July. |
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