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Egypt Court Postpones Cabinet Violence Trial To Sept. 3

20.08.2014 18:19

An Egyptian court on Wednesday adjourned until September 3 the trial of 269 people, including prominent activist Ahmed Douma, charged with rioting and vandalism in connection with deadly clashes in 2011 between anti government protesters and security forces, a judicial source has said.

An Egyptian court on Wednesday adjourned until September 3 the trial of 269 people, including prominent activist Ahmed Douma, charged with rioting and vandalism in connection with deadly clashes in 2011 between anti-government protesters and security forces, a judicial source has said.



The defendants are accused of attacking cabinet headquarters in downtown Cairo and assaulting policemen in December 2011.



Clashes erupted after police stationed outside the cabinet headquarters detained a protester.



At the time, demonstrators had been staging a sit-in against a decision by Egypt's then ruling Supreme Military Council to appoint Kamal al-Ganzouri as prime minister.



Al-Ganzouri had served as prime minister under longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in the wake of a popular uprising in January 2011.



Around 15 people had been killed and hundreds injured in the ensuing violence.



The Institut d'Égypte, founded during Napoleon's military campaign in Egypt and containing tens of thousands of rare manuscripts, was torched in the violence.



Douma, along with two other prominent activists, is already serving a three-year jail term for staging an "unlicensed" protest in downtown Cairo last November.



By Magdi Mohamed



englishnews@aa.com.tr



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