Jailed Islamist Women To Go Free, Egyptian Court Rules
- Publisher:
- Wochit
- Publication Date:
- 7 December 2013
- Tags:
- Egypt, Governance, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Conflict, Peace and Security, Human Rights, Women and Gender
Fourteen Islamist women jailed for 11 years for demonstrating in Egypt will be released after a court slashed their sentences in a case that had outraged opposition groups and human rights campaigners, judicial sources said. Security forces have tried to crush the Muslim Brotherhood since the army ousted Egypt's first freely elected leader, Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, on July 3. His supporters have staged frequent protests calling for his reinstatement.
