MB members in the court over rioting charges

The Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced two defendants to seven years in prison in the case of Dhaher violent incidents.

They were also fined 20,000 pounds each in the case that dates back to 2013.

The prosecution asked for the highest penalty for the two after they were proven guilty of joining others in committing acts of riot in Dhaher district in Cairo including attacking people and property and carrying weapons.

The next Sunday the retrial of 35 defendants in the case of dispersing Raba'a sit-in.

The court has earlier sentenced 75 leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood to death in Raba'a sit-in case during a trial that included 739 defendants.

The defendants face charges of disrupting public order, endangering citizens, resisting policemen, hindering public transportation and premeditated murder.

Cairo Criminal Court postponed till February 17 the retrial of 22 defendants of the Muslim Brotherhood, including former president Mohammed Morsi and supreme guide Mohamed Badei, over charges of espionage and divulging classified information about the country's national security.

The delay came over failure to bring the defendants to court.

Morsi and his co-defendants are accused of leaking classified information to the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood abroad, Iranian revolutionary guard's leadership, Hamas and Hezbollah about the national security and the Armed Forces with the aim of harming Egypt's army and national interests.

Among the defendants are the former head of Morsi's office, Ahmed Abdel Aati, and secretary Ameen el Serafi.

The classified documents included information on military positions and armament, as well as additional information on the country's policies.

In the same context Giza Criminal Court Tuesday postponed its verdict in the retrial of defendants charged in the case of Kafr Hakim Church arson to February 26.

The Prosecution charged the defendants with setting fire to the Kafr Hakim Church in Kerdasa on August 14, 2013 which coincided with the killing of 11 officers and policemen including the Kerdasa Police Station commissioner.

The defendants are also facing charges of joining a terrorist group, possessing weapons, attempted murder and setting fire to a religious facility.

The court Tuesday postponed to February 26 pronouncing its verdict in the retrial of defendants who were sentenced to imprisonment for life in absentia in the case of "Rabaa Operations Room".

The Court of Cassation had upheld verdicts against Mohamed Badei, the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood guide and 17 others for carrying out terrorist schemes to set fire to and destroy vital state facilities and attempting to kidnap a number of celebrities and state leaderships.