Egypt: Military Hands Two Yr to Life-Time Imprisonment Sentences to 418 in Minya

Cairo — A Minya military court handed sentences varying from two years to life-time imprisonment to 418 people on Thursday on charges of violence in Minya during the dispersal of the Rabaa and Nahda sit-ins in 2013.

The court sentenced 249 people to lifetime imprisonment in absentia, and punished 50 people with sentences ranging from two to 10 years on charges of storming a police station.

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