were sentenced to 15 months in prison on May 31, after an appeals court reduced a two-year sentence handed to them in February 2014. The charges were brought against al-Masry, an award winning human rights lawyer, and seven other activists whose cases were not appealed, in March 2013.Al-Masry, Shaaban and al-Ahwagy were arrested during a protest against the detention of a colleague, and accused of storming the al-Rami police station in which their colleague was being held, according to reports. This footage shows the activists’ colleagues and supporters chanting against military rule after the verdict was issued. Al-Masry served four months of a six-month sentence in December 2013 for attending the anniversary demonstration of the death of Khaled Said, an Alexandrian who was beaten to death by Egyptian police officers in 2010. The charges were brought under Egypt’s controversial protests law. Credit: YouTube/Socialist Television">