Cairo Criminal Court sentences 14 to life in prison for Ikhwan membership

A Cairo Criminal Court sentenced 14 people to life in prison on Thursday on charges of belonging to the outlawed Ikhwan, “possessing firearms, violating citizens’ personal freedoms, and disrupting constitutional provisions,” the Associated Press reports. Six other defendants were handed down 15-year sentences and another defendant was given a 10-year prison sentence. The verdicts can be appealed.