Egyptian court jails cops over protest

CAIRO: A Cairo criminal court on Saturday sentenced 13 policemen to between three and five years in prison for breaking an assembly law when they gathered to demand higher wages and better working conditions in 2015 and 2016.The policemen were also convicted of detaining another police officer they claimed had mistreated a colleague in their home province of Sharqiya, in the Nile Delta. The prosecution accused the defendants of failing to perform their duties, a judicial source said. They were also charged with spreading false news and incitement against the ministry of the interior, the source said.