#Egypt upholds jail terms for three secular activists
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An Egyptian court upheld three-year prison sentences on Monday for three prominent activists charged with violating a controversial law restricting protests. The three, including the founder of the April 6 movement Ahmed Maher, rose to prominence in the 2011 uprising that overthrew dictator Hosni Mubarak. The interim government in place after the army overthrew Islamist president Mohammed Mursi in July jailed them for violating a law it had passed banning all but police-sanctioned protests. (AFP)