Egypt

16 MB supporters sentenced to three years in prison

On Sunday, Heliopolis Misdemeanors Court, sentenced 16 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to three years in prison over charges of illegal assembly, rioting and blocking al-Mirghany street on the second day of the referendum on the constitution.
 
One defendant was acquitted.
 
The prosecutor accused the defendants of assembling, destroying private and public property, joining an illegal group, staging a protest without a permit, harming public peace and attempting to hinder the referendum on the constitution.
 
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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