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  • Thursday ,05 November 2015
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Court of Cassation reduces sentence on Brotherhood defendants accused of torturing police officer

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Copts and Poliltical Islam

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Thursday ,05 November 2015

Court of Cassation reduces sentence on Brotherhood defendants accused of torturing police officer

The Court of Cassation reduced a sentence handed down on leading figures of the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday. The Court of Cassation reduced a sentence handed down on leading figures of the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday. 

Mohamed al-Beltagy and Safwat Hegazi received a reduced sentence of 10 years in prison from a previous 20 year-conviction, while Mohamed Mahmoud Zanati and Abdel Azim Mohamed had their sentences reduced from 10 to five years.
 
The men were convicted of kidnapping and torturing a police officer during the Rabaa al-Adaweya sit-in staged by supporters of President Mohamed Morsi in 2013.