Egypt’s court rejects protest law as deemed ‘unconstitutional’

Published December 3rd, 2016 - 12:00 GMT
Egypt has banned all but police-sanctioned protests since Sisi came to power. (AFP/File)
Egypt has banned all but police-sanctioned protests since Sisi came to power. (AFP/File)

Egypt's Higher Constitutional Court said Saturday that article 10 of the controversial protest law, which permits the country's interior minister to cancel a scheduled protest is "unconstitutional".

The court rejected appeals on articles 7 and 19 of the protest law, which stipulates both a minumum of one-year prison sentence for breaking the protest law as well as a minimum fine of EGP 50,000.