{"id":1090,"date":"2012-03-23T21:15:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T01:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.law.harvard.edu\/journals\/hlpr\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2015-10-02T15:24:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T15:24:20","slug":"egyptian-policemen-who-killed-22-people-given-suspended-sentences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/lpr\/2012\/03\/23\/egyptian-policemen-who-killed-22-people-given-suspended-sentences\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian Policemen who Killed 22 People Given Suspended Sentences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Sushila Rao<\/p>\n<p><\/em>In what Egyptian activists condemn as the latest in a series of acquittals and lenient sentences for policemen accused of the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising, a court in Egypt has\u00a0handed down suspended one-year sentences to 11 policemen accused of killing 22 protesters and wounding 44 others on 28 January 2011\u2014the deadliest day of the uprising, also called the \u2018Friday of Rage.\u2019 \u00a0The suspended sentences mean the 11 convicted policemen will not have to undergo any prison time at all.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nJudge Sabri Hamed ruled that the policemen had a legitimate right to self-defense when a mob pelted their station with rocks and firebombs. \u00a0However, he held that they had used excessive force in countering the threat, since those killed included some who were in their homes a distance away. \u00a0He also acquitted three other police officers of any wrongdoing. \u00a0They were exonerated on the same day as the Supreme Military Court sentenced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120625022327\/http:\/\/english.ahram.org.eg\/NewsContent\/1\/64\/36217\/Egypt\/Politics-\/Two-sentenced-to-death-for-killing-first-military-.aspx\">two civilians to death<\/a>\u00a0for killing an army officer.<\/p>\n<p>Relatives of the dead protesters have expressed outrage at the verdict. \u00a0Nearly 900 protesters are said to have lost their lives during the protests last year. Dozens more have allegedly been killed since the collapse of Hosni Mubarak\u2019s regime in\u00a0February\u00a02011, and the ascendancy of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. \u00a0A key demand of the protest movement has been accountability and justice for these killings. \u00a0Protesters have regularly taken to the streets to denounce the ruling military, accusing it of violating human rights and cracking down on dissent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sushila Rao In what Egyptian activists condemn as the latest in a series of acquittals and lenient sentences for 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