Photojournalist Gamal Ziada, Al-Azhar students on trial for protesting (Egypt)
Source: Daily News Egypt
Photojournalist Ahmed Gamal Ziada attended his second trial session Wednesday held at the Tora Police Institute. Ziada, along with 76 Al-Azhar University students, is facing charges for clashes that date back to 28 December 2013.
The Cairo Criminal Court’s terrorism branch listened to the testimonies from police and National Security officers. One of three confirmed the detainees were protesting and engaging in violent acts. The prosecution officer also testified that the detainees were among the protesters. “By all means, the case is complicated,” said Mokhtar Mounir, a human rights lawyer defending Ziada and 15 other students.
Besides breaking the Protest Law, accusations mainly focus on setting fire to the university’s Faculty of Commerce, obstructing roads, participating in a public assembly threatning public safety, violence, thuggery, and resisting security officers.
Prior to Wednesday’s session, Mounir told Daily News Egypt the defendants are facing trial before a court in charge of looking into terrorist affairs.
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