Egyptian court hands life terms to 230 activists
An Egyptian court has sentenced to life 230 activists involved in the 2011 uprising against former dictator, Hosni Mubarak, in the North African country.
The ruling, which can be appealed, was issued on Wednesday by Judge Mohamed Nagi Shehata.
Activist Ahmed Douma, who is already serving a three-year term for taking part in a protest without permit, is reported to be among those given life term.
Judicial sources said the defendants were found guilty of participating in confrontations with the Arab country’s security forces near the iconic Tahrir Square in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo in December 2011.
The sources added that 39 other defendants, all minors, were also sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on Wednesday over similar charges.
Egypt’s 2011 revolution led to the overthrow of Mubarak. In an election after Mubarak’s ouster, Muslim Brotherhood-backed Mohamed Morsi was elected president.
Morsi was later ousted in a military coup led by former military chief and current President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in July 2013.
The Egyptian government has been cracking down on any opposition since Morsi was ousted. Sisi has been accused of leading the suppression of Morsi supporters, as hundreds of them have been killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces over the past year.
Rights groups say the army’s crackdown on the supporters of Morsi has led to the deaths of over 1,400 people and the arrest of 22,000 others, including some 200 people who have been sentenced to death in mass trials.
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