CAIRO/ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) - The European Union said on Thursday it was concerned by a prison sentence handed to a leading woman activist in Egypt for breaching a law that severely restricts the right to protest.
In Alexandria, where a court this week upheld the two-year sentence against Mahienour El Massry, the police used force including teargas to break up a demonstration against her jailing and detained a number of activists, witnesses said.
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