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| Egypt jails youth activist Ahmed Maher and two others | |
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| Three prominent Egyptian activists from the 2011 uprising that led to the fall of Hosni Mubarak have been sentenced to three years in jail. | Three prominent Egyptian activists from the 2011 uprising that led to the fall of Hosni Mubarak have been sentenced to three years in jail. |
| Ahmed Maher, Ahmed Douma and Mohamed Adel were found guilty of organising a recent unauthorised protest. | Ahmed Maher, Ahmed Douma and Mohamed Adel were found guilty of organising a recent unauthorised protest. |
| The three are key members of the 6 April Youth Movement that led protests to remove long-time President Mubarak. | The three are key members of the 6 April Youth Movement that led protests to remove long-time President Mubarak. |
| They were arrested after protesting in November over a new law that restricts demonstrations. | |
| The protesters complained that the law in effect replaced a recently-expired state of emergency, and was stricter than the measures in place during the rule of Hosni Mubarak. | |
| The court in Cairo found them guilty of holding a demonstration without authorisation and attacking police officers. | |
| As well as the jail sentence, they were ordered to pay a $7,000 (£4,000) fine each. |