Activist Shaimaa al-Sabbagh was shot in January 2015 as she went to Tahrir Square to lay wreaths for victims of 2011 uprisingEgypt’s highest appeals court has overturned the conviction of a police officer sentenced to 15 years in prison for the killing of a female protester in a January 2015 shooting captured on video and in photos.
Cassation court judge Taha Qassim also ruled on Sunday that a modern trial be held for the officer,Yassin Hatem Salaheddin, who was convicted and sentenced last June for premeditated manslaughter. Salaheddin was 25 at the time of the killing.
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Source: theguardian.com