Protesters demand the release of political prisoners, as they march outside the Cairo Opera house December 23, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
CAIRO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Egyptians protested in central Cairo on Monday against a court ruling that sent three leading secular pro-democracy campaigners to jail, witnesses said.
Raising a banner reading "Freedom for all detainees", the protesters chanted against the military-backed government, calling army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi "a dog".
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