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Egypt sentences 230 anti-Mubarak activists to life

Published: 04 Feb 2015 - 05:54 pm | Last Updated: 18 Jan 2022 - 01:28 am

 

Cairo--An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced to life 230 activists from the 2011 revolt against Hosni Mubarak, including leading campaigner Ahmed Douma, judicial sources said.

Thirty-nine other defendants, all minors, were sentenced to 10 years in prison. All 269 defendants were found guilty of taking part in clashes with security forces near Cairo's Tahrir Square in December 2011, the sources said

AFP