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Africa North
Egypt court sentences Islamists to five years in prison
2019-04-17
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] An Egyptian court has sentenced 36 people convicted of joining the outlawed Moslem Brüderbund organization to five years in prison.

The Alexandria criminal court on Tuesday also sentenced the defendants to five years of probation. They were incarcerated
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
in Alexandria in 2017.

The sentences can be appealed.

The Moslem Brüderbund won a series of elections following Egypt's 2011 uprising but was branded a terrorist group after the military overthrew an elected but divisive
...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled...
Islamist president in 2013. Since then, courts have held mass trials and sentenced hundreds of people to death.
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