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30Nov14
Egypt court jails Badie and 26 others 3 years for insulting judiciary
An Egyptian court sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood's top official Mohammed Badie and 26 of the Islamist group's leading figures to three years in prison for insulting the judiciary.
Badie and other defendants were in the criminal court of Cairo Sunday on charges of jailbreak during the 2011 uprising.
The judge delivered the sentence after the group's leaders offended the court during trial.
The trial of Badie and other defendants on the charge of escaping from jail has been adjourned to December 20.
Badie along with ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and 130 Brotherhood and Palestinian Hamas movement members face charges of breaking out of prison during the 2011 popular uprising.
Sunday's sentences came one day after an Egyptian court cleared Mubarak over killing hundreds of protestors during the 2011 revolution that toppled him.
At least two people were killed and 13 others were injured Saturday in Cairo during clashes between the Egyptian police and hundreds of protesters after Mubarak's acquittal verdict.
The Muslim Brotherhood was designated a terrorist organization last year by Egyptian authorities.
Many of the group's members and supporters are in prison, including Morsi, awaiting trials relating to inciting violence, conspiring with foreign powers to destabilize Egypt and killing protestors.
[Source: Xinhua, Cairo, 30Nov14]
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