Retrial of Ahmed Douma in Cabinet HQs violence case adjourned

CAIRO - 26 May 2018: Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday adjourned till Tuesday and Wednesday sessions the retrial of activist Ahmed Douma in the case of violence that occurred outside the cabinet and parliament headquarters in Cairo in December 2011.

Douma and other defendants were earlier sentenced to 25 years in prison but the Court of Cassation annulled the verdict in October.

The defendants face charges of setting fire to public facilities including the Egyptian Science Complex, the cabinet and the parliament, blocking utilities and possessing drugs.

In December 2011 clashes which broke out between protesters and security forces outside the Cabinet headquarters left some people dead and injured.