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HRInfo, 12 June 2014
The harsh sentence handed down today in absentia by the Cairo Criminal Court against Alaa Abdel Fattah, Ahmed Abdel Rahman, Wael Metwally and 22 others is another severe violation… Read more »
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Egypt: Prominent Activist Sentenced to 15 Yrs for Breaking Protest Law
Aswat Masriya, 11 June 2014
Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and 24 others were sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison on charges of violating the protest law on Wednesday. Read more »
Egypt Activist Gets 15-Year Jail Term
In what observers say is a continuing crackdown on dissent, Alla Abdel-Fattah, a prominent Egyptian activist, along with 24 others, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for violating an anti-protest law which human rights groups have called repressive.
Wednesday's sentences are the first against pro-democracy activists since the inauguration of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi (file photo).
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