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Egypt court sentences 37 pro-Brotherhood students to four years
Student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted President Mohamed Mursi flee from tear gas and rubber bullets fired by riot police during clashes at Al-Azhar University campus, in Nasr City district in Cairo, May 9, 2014. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
CAIRO, May 11 (Aswat Masriya) An Egyptian court sentenced 37 pro-Muslim Brotherhood students to four years in prison on Sunday over charges of rioting and practicing violence.
The court also ordered that they be put under surveillance for four years and fined EGP 30,000 (4,258 US Dollar) each.
The defendants were accused of protesting without permit, blocking a road and vandalizing public property.
Students who support ousted President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood have been steadily staging demonstrations since his overthrow last year.
Egypt's army ousted Mursi in July in response to mass demonstrations across his rule.
