Egyptian court jails 16 for ‘acts of violence’ in 2014

Sentences cannot be subject to further appeal, according to judicial source

CAIRO (AA) - The Egyptian Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld 25-year prison terms for 16 people convicted of committing alleged “acts of violence” in 2014.

“The court rejected an appeal filed by the 16 defendants and slapped six others with three-year prison terms each,” local media outlets quoted a judicial source as saying.

The sentences are final, the judicial source added, and cannot be subject to further appeal.

Rights groups frequently accuse the Egyptian authorities of trying -- and convicting -- political opponents on trumped-up criminal charges.

Egyptian officials, for their part, say all defendants enjoy fair trials and due legal process.

Egypt has been roiled by violence since 2013, when Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first freely elected president and a Muslim Brotherhood leader, was ousted and imprisoned in a bloody military coup.

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