Cairo court jails hundreds for 2013 protest

An Egyptian court has jailed at least 262 people for between three years and life for security-related offences during a 2013 sit-in protest against the ousting of former President Mohamed Morsi. A report on the Middle East Eye site notes that the group was charged with causing the deaths of two policemen during clashes at al-Nahda square in Giza in southern Cairo, as well as other counts of attempted murder and vandalism. Seventeen people were sentenced to life in prison, 223 were given 15 years and another 22 accused were given three years. The court acquitted 115 others accused in the case.