Fourteen women jailed in Egypt over a protest in support of former president Mohamed Morsi have been freed after a court reduced their sentences.
The women were sentenced in November to 11 years jail on charges of belonging to a terrorist group, obstructing traffic, sabotage and using force during a protest demanding Mr Morsi's reinstatement.
The girls and women will be released after a court cut their sentences. Photo: AFP
An appeals court in Alexandria on Saturday reduced the sentences to one-year suspended terms.
Seven girls aged under 18 have also been released on three months probation. They had been sent to juvenile prison in the same case for obstructing traffic and damaging property during a pro-Islamist protest in October.
Security forces have tried to crush the Muslim Brotherhood since the army ousted Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected leader, on 3 July. Mr Morsi and other Brotherhood leaders are on trial for inciting violence.
The army-backed authorities accuse the Brotherhood of violence and terrorism, charges it denies. Hundreds of Morsi supporters have been killed and thousands arrested.
