#Egypt jails 12 activists for “attacking” political office
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Twelve prominent Egyptian dissidents were given one-year suspended jail terms on Sunday for allegedly attacking the campaign headquarters of defeated presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik during the 2012 election in a verdict widely seen as political. The activists include siblings Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mona Seif, leading figures in the protest movement that triggered the 2011 uprising against autocrat Hosni Mubarak but is now facing a widening crackdown by the army-backed authorities. read more