CAIRO
An Egyptian court on Monday slapped 112 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi with one-year jail terms each for committing "acts of violence" in Cairo, a judicial source has said.
The defendants were convicted of rioting and committing violent acts during the third anniversary of Egypt's January 2011 uprising, which led to the ouster of autocratic president Hosni Mubarak.
Prosecutors had accused the defendants of violating an anti-protest law, inciting violence, blocking roads and committing assault.
Since Morsi's ouster last July, Egypt's army-backed authorities have waged a harsh crackdown on supporters of Morsi and his embattled Muslim Brotherhood group, arresting thousands on "incitement-to-violence" charges.
Defendants, for their part, emphatically deny the charges, which they say are politically motivated.
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