The Matariya Misdemeanours Court upheld on Monday a verdict sentencing two police conscripts to three years in prison in addition to fines over charges of assaulting doctors at the Matariya Teaching Hospital. According to the doctors’ lawyer, Sayeda Kandil, the two conscripts are the ones who led the attack on the doctors. For instance, two others appealed the verdict, and their sentence was reduced in January to six months and compensation to the victims. “Despite such manipulation of the law, we continue to demand our clients’ rights,” she told Daily News Egypt. The incident had sparked anger among doctors, who last February gathered in a historic general assembly against police brutality.

Source: Daily News Egypt March 20, 2017 14:26 UTC