Twelve students, including two girls, belonging to the banned Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt were today sentenced to four years in jail for protesting against the ouster of ex-president Mohamed Morsi.
The twelve students were charged of protesting without official permission in Ain Shams university last March, damaging public and private property and being associated to a banned organisation. A bail amount of 100,000 Egyptian pound (USD 9000) has been fixed.
The students were protesting against the ouster of Morsi, who was removed by the army with the participation of religious and political forces following massive protests last year.
Since Morsi's ouster last year, the Egyptian government has been cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters.
Morsi himself is currently in prison over charges of killing peaceful protesters, espionage, escaping from prison during the January 25 Revolution in 2011, insulting the judiciary. He has not been sentenced in any case so far.
