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Egypt jails activist for five years Egypt jails blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah for five years
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Egyptian court jails prominent anti-Mubarak activist Alaa Abdel Fattah for five years for breaking protest law An Egyptian court has jailed blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, who played a key role during the 2011 uprising, for five years for breaking protest laws.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. He was previously given a 15-year jail term, but was freed on bail last year.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Alaa Abdel Fattah gained fame as a blogger and pro-democracy campaigner against former President Hosni Mubarak.
Separately, Al-Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have appeared in an Egyptian court for a brief hearing before their retrial.
The men were freed on bail earlier this month and their retrial was due to have started today.
It has now been postponed to 8 March, according to the Associated Press news agency.