New Delhi: At least 10 Egyptian men were sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment by a Saudi judge on Monday for having tried to organise a remembrance event for the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
As per reports, the men are from Egypt’s Nubian minority group.
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They were found guilty of trying to establish a “terrorist group”, a report stated.
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It may be mentioned that they were arrested in October 2019 while trying to organise the remembrance event.
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However, they were released without charge in December 2020 but were again arrested in July.
Following this, on Monday, a report stated that the men were sent to 18 years of imprisonment by a court in Saudi.
