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Eight Brotherhood men given 15 years for lawyer's torture
(MENAFN- Arab News) CAIRO: An Egyptian court Saturday jailed eight men including two Muslim Brotherhood leaders for up to 15 years over the torture of a lawyer during the 2011 uprising against ex-president Hosni Mubarak judicial sources said.
Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters have been jailed with hundreds receiving lengthy prison terms in a brutal government crackdown since the army ousted elected President Muhammad Mursi last July.
The court in Cairo on Saturday sentenced Brotherhood leaders Mohamed Al-Beltagy and Safwat Hegazy as well as an Al-Jazeera journalist and one other defendant for 15 years the sources said.
Four other defendants including Osama Yassin youth minister during Mursi's turbulent one-year rule were jailed for three years.
The defendants were convicted of 'torturing electrocuting and sexually assaulting' a lawyer after locking him up for three days inside the office of a travel agency near Cairo's Tahrir Square on Feb. 3 when the roundabout was packed with protesters calling for Mubarak's ouster.
Beltagy and Hegazy are being tried in several other cases along with other senior Brotherhood leaders including Mursi himself.
A government crackdown on Mursi supporters has left at least 1400 people dead and more than 15000 jailed. Hundreds have also been sentenced to death after often speedy trials.
Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters have been jailed with hundreds receiving lengthy prison terms in a brutal government crackdown since the army ousted elected President Muhammad Mursi last July.
The court in Cairo on Saturday sentenced Brotherhood leaders Mohamed Al-Beltagy and Safwat Hegazy as well as an Al-Jazeera journalist and one other defendant for 15 years the sources said.
Four other defendants including Osama Yassin youth minister during Mursi's turbulent one-year rule were jailed for three years.
The defendants were convicted of 'torturing electrocuting and sexually assaulting' a lawyer after locking him up for three days inside the office of a travel agency near Cairo's Tahrir Square on Feb. 3 when the roundabout was packed with protesters calling for Mubarak's ouster.
Beltagy and Hegazy are being tried in several other cases along with other senior Brotherhood leaders including Mursi himself.
A government crackdown on Mursi supporters has left at least 1400 people dead and more than 15000 jailed. Hundreds have also been sentenced to death after often speedy trials.
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