Egyptian Court Jails Three Prominent Activists

Three leading figures of the 2011 uprising against president Hosni Mubarak have been sentenced to three years in jail for allegedly violating the country's new protest law.

Ahmed Douma was one of the three activists convicted of rioting and assaulting police.

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