Light sentences in activist’s killing
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This article was published 27/10/2011 (5423 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
CAIRO, Egypt — In a verdict that disappointed pro-democracy activists, two policemen who beat a man to death were convicted Wednesday of the lesser charge of manslaughter and given a relatively light sentence in a case that helped spark Egypt’s uprising.
Relatives of defendants Mahmoud Salah and Awad Ismail Suleiman were still outraged by the sentence of seven years in prison each for the two officers. They smashed benches in the courtroom in the northern port of Alexandria and attacked the slain man’s uncle and lawyers despite the presence of other police and military troops.
Pro-democracy activists expressed disappointment not only with the verdict but also with the fact that it was closed to the public, which they saw as signs that the revolution that ousted longtime leader Hosni Mubarak in February was having little effect on getting rid of deep-seated corruption in Egypt.
The slain man, Khaled Said, was widely seen as Egypt’s version of Mohammed Bouazizi — the fruit seller whose self-immolation sparked the Tunisian revolution and the chain of Arab Spring uprisings in the region.
— The Associated Press