Egyptian policemen Awad Suleiman (R) and Mahmoud Salah react in the dock during their trial in court in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, 220 km (137 miles) northwest of Cairo, March 3, 2014. REUTERS/Al Youm Al Saabi Newspaper
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court upheld a 10-year prison sentence on Wednesday imposed on two policemen for torturing an activist to death in 2010, judicial sources said, an incident that helped trigger the uprising that toppled veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Witnesses and rights groups said 28-year-old Khaled Said died after police beat him outside an Internet cafe in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
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