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Update l Egypt sentences 21 pro-Mursi female protesters to 11 years
A poster of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi that reads "Yes to legitimacy; no to the coup" lies amid the debris of a cleared protest camp outside the burnt Rabaa Adawiya mosque in Cairo August 15, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
CAIRO, Nov 27 (Aswat Masriya) An Alexandria court sentenced 21 women to 11 years in prison on Wednesday for blocking the Corniche Road while participating in a demonstration to support ousted President Mohamed Mursi earlier this month.
Security forces fired teargas and dispersed a protest in solidarity with the defendants earlier on Wednesday.
The 21 defendants were arrested by security forces earlier in November as they attempted to stage a protest to back Mursi before his trial.
The defendants were charged with disrupting traffic and vandalizing public property during their protest.
The court also sentenced in absentia a number of Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Alexandria to 15 years in prison.
