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| Egypt Court Jails pro-Morsi 'Rioters' for 3 Years |
| 2014-03-12 |
[An Nahar] An Egyptian court incarceratedDon't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! 77 supporters of deposed 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... Tuesday for three years for rioting during deadly festivities in Cairo that killed dozens last August, a judicial source said. The court also ordered that they report to police regularly for another three years after their release. The fighting erupted in the days following August 14, when hundreds died in festivities when security forces stormed two sit-ins demanding Morsi's reinstatement after his ouster by the military in July. The defendants were placed in durance vile Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in central Cairo as they marched toward the al-Fath mosque in the Ramses area -- the site of festivities between Islamist protesters and security forces, state news agency MENA reported. Separately, a criminal court in the southern city of Assiut sentenced 10 students from al-Azhar University, the most prestigious institution in Sunni Islam, to three years for being members of a banned group and obstructing public work. They were also convicted of possessing publications that allegedly incited people to oppose authorities. |
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