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Activist Ahmed Maher stands behind bars at a court in Cairo April 7, 2014. An Egyptian appeals court on Monday upheld the jailing of three leading figures of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising, tightening a crackdown on secular activists opposed to the army-backed government. A court handed down three-year sentences on Monday to the three liberal activists, Ahmed Maher, Ahmed Douma and Mohamed Adel, last December for protesting without permission and assaulting the police. REUTERS/Al Youm Al Saabi Newspaper (E

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Activist Ahmed Maher stands behind bars at a court in Cairo April 7, 2014. An Egyptian appeals court on Monday upheld the jailing of three leading figures of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising, tightening a crackdown on secular activists opposed to the army-backed government. A court handed down three-year sentences on Monday to the three liberal activists, Ahmed Maher, Ahmed Douma and Mohamed Adel, last December for protesting without permission and assaulting the police. REUTERS/Al Youm Al Saabi Newspaper (E

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