#shaimaa al-sabagh
A Cairo Criminal Court has issued a verdict of a 10-year prison sentence against the police officer convicted of killing political activist Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh. This is the second verdict to be issued after a previous verdict was revoked by the appeals court granting the police officer a retrial. Al-Sabbagh was peacefully demonstrating along with other protesters from the Socialist Popular Alliance political party on 24 January 2015. The police dispersed the protest with tear gas and birdshot pellets, killing Al-Sabbagh.…
