The Misdemeanours Court in Cairo’s Bab El-Shareya district acquitted 169 loyalists of ousted president Mohamed Morsi on Monday.
The acquitted were accused of rioting, assembling and disturbing traffic during the aftermath of the violent dispersal of the pro-Morsi Rabaa Al-Adaweya sit-in in August of last year which left hundreds dead.
Security forces have cracked down on the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi loyalists following the Islamist president’s ouster last July, with thousands detained, including the Brotherhood’s top leadership, on a variety of charges.
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