Three secular activists to stand trial in #Egypt for defying protest ban
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A file picture taken on June 3, 2013, shows Egyptian political activist Ahmed Douma reacting as he stands behind dock bars during his trial in Cairo, on charges of insulting president Mohammed Mursi. (Photo: AFP - Khaled Desouki)
Egypt ordered on Thursday three prominent political activists to stand trial on protest-related charges, judicial officials said, in another sign of growing intolerance of dissent. One of them, leading dissident Ahmed Maher, was charged with protesting without permission, marking the first time anyone had been ordered to stand trial under the provisions of a new law criticized for stifling the right to protest. read (...)