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| Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Among 112 Acquitted In Egypt |
| 2014-09-30 |
| [IranPressTV] Egypt has exonerated tens of Moslem Brüderbund supporters, convicted of staging illegal protests on the third anniversary of the country's 2011 revolution against former dictator Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... On Sunday, an appeals court acquitted 112 people, including Moslem Brüderbund supporters, out of the 1,079 placed in durance vile Book 'im, Mahmoud! during the crackdown on nationwide protests on January 25. At least 49 people were killed after security forces clashed with demonstrators on that day. The 112 had originally been given one-year jail terms by a lower court. The demonstrators had been charged with breaking protest laws, illegal gathering, stirring violence, blocking roads, assaulting coppers, and vandalizing public and private property. Last November, Egypt placed more restriction on demonstrations by adopting new laws that only allow police-sanctioned protests. On Saturday, a different court in the capital Cairo postponed Mubarak's verdict to November 29. Egypt has been experiencing unrelenting violence since Mohammed Morsi, the country's first democratically-elected president, was ousted on July 3, 2013. Hundreds bit the dust in the ensuing violence across the country. Egypt's military-backed government launched a bloody crackdown on Morsi's supporters and arrested thousands of Moslem Brüderbund members, including the party's big shots. The Egyptians launched a revolution against Mubarak's pro-Israeli regime in January 2011, which eventually brought an end to the 30-year dictatorship of the former president in February 2011. |
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