The highest appeal court on Egypt has on Saturday upheld a 15-year-sentence against one of the leading activists who was behind the country’s 2011 uprising, for his conviction of leading clashes between protesters and security forces that year.

The Court of Cassation stated a fine of $372,000, against Ahmed Douma, an activist over the same violence-related charges.

Ahmed Douma was one of the 230 people convicted back in 2015 by the Criminal Court in Cairo to life in prison.

All defendants except Douma were not present at their trial. Douma who was already serving a three-year-sentence for breaking a draconian law regulating protests.

The case are about clashes in Cairo back in December 2011, when fire gutted parts of a library housing rare manuscripts and books.

Also, other government properties, including the parliament, were damaged as a result of the protests.

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