Egypt: 17 Azhar Students Referred to Court for Violating Protest Law

17 December 2014

Cairo — The Nasr City Prosecution referred on Wednesday 17 students from al-Azhar University to a misdemeanour court for violating Egypt's protest law.

The students were protesting a November 29 court ruling which dropped charges against former President Hosni Mubarak over complicity in the killing of protesters during the January 2011 uprising that toppled his regime.

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