The Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday convicted 66 defendants Rabaa dispersal violence, which took place in August 2013 and killed 632 people according to the official count. The court sentenced 59 defendants to 15 years in prison, put them under surveillance for five years each, and ordered them to pay for all damages. The 59 defendants presented documents to acquit them of the charges against them, but the court found them unconvincing and misleading. This occurred during a retrial for several defendants in the case, with the first court ruling issued in 2018. The NCHR said that the Rabaa al-Adawiya Square sit-in indicates that the protest began peacefully until gunmen were seen firing from inside the crowd.

Source: Egypt Independent November 07, 2020 10:07 UTC