An Egyptian court upheld a 10-year prison sentence yesterday imposed on two policemen for torturing an activist to death in 2010, judicial sources said, an incident that helped trigger the uprising that toppled veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Witnesses and rights groups said 28-year-old Khaled Said died after police beat him outside an Internet cafe Alexandria.
Activists launched an online campaign against police brutality that, alongside other strikes, meetings and rallies, morphed into nationwide marches calling for the dissolution of parliament and the disbanding of the state security agency.
The policemen were sentenced to seven years in prison in 2011, but a court canceled the ruling after an appeal and ordered a retrial.
