DHAKA: An Egyptian court sentenced 63 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to three years in jail each on Thursday on charges including rioting, thuggery and weapons possession during protests late last year in Cairo.

An Egypt judicial source said, reports Today’s Zaman.

It was the biggest number of Brotherhood supporters sentenced in one case since the army-backed authorities began cracking down on the movement after former president Mohamed Mursi was deposed in July.

BDST: 1926 HRS, JAN 09, 2014
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor