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Hundreds of people were killed as security forces dispersed a sit-in on Rabaa al-Adawiya Square in 2013
Egypt has handed down verdicts to more than 700 people during a pro-Muslim Muslim Brotherhood sit-in following the dismissal of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
The court upheld the death sentence of 75 people and the life imprisonment of 47 other people, including Islamic leaders.
Amnesty International, a human rights group, called the trial "clearly unfair" and a violation of the Egyptian constitution.
Violence erupted during the 2013 demonstration in Rabaa al Adawiya Square in Cairo, where hundreds of people were killed by security forces.
Earlier this year, the Egyptian parliament granted military officers immunity for murderous repression and crimes committed between July 2013 and January 2016.
Those who were convicted in the mass trial were charged with security-related offenses, including incitement to violence, murder, and organizing illegal protests.
The 75 death sentences were handed down in July and Saturday's confirmation and additional verdicts mark the end of the mass trial.
Prominent members and politicians of the now banned Muslim Brotherhood were among those serving life sentences, including Supreme Leader Mohammed Badie.
Photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, better known as Shawkan, sentenced to five years in prison, has also been indicted.
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Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, seen in court on Saturday, should move freely
He was arrested while taking pictures of the dispersal of the demonstration. He should now walk freely after spending five years in jail while awaiting trial.
Hundreds of people were arrested when the Egyptian army and police dispersed the pro-Mursi protest, which took place a month after the departure of the former president elected by the military leader and current president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.
Human rights groups have criticized the mass trial, and Human Rights Watch said that the killing of at least 817 people by Egyptian security forces was likely a crime against l & # 39; humanity.
The government said that many protesters were armed and 43 police officers were killed. He has since declared that the Muslim Brotherhood is a "terrorist organization".
