An Egyptian woman holds up a picture during a demonstration demanding justice for the victims of the 2012 Port Said football match killings. Thousands of supporters of Al-Ahly club demonstrated in Cairo Friday to demand severe punishments for 75 people on trial for dozens of deaths in Egypt’s worst football disaster. — AFP
CAIRO — An Egyptian criminal court has invoked a presidential amnesty and dismissed charges against 379 people accused of taking part in deadly clashes with police.
The charges stem from nearly two weeks of street fighting on downtown Cairo’s Mohammed Mahmoud street in November 2011 that left 42 people dead.
Young protesters, mostly die-hard soccer fans known as Ultras, led demonstrations against police near the Interior Ministry and Tahrir Square, the hub of Cairo’s activist movement.
They were demanding a timetable for the military officers who were then ruling the country to hand over power and hold presidential elections, and denouncing violent security crackdowns on sit-ins.
Judge Gamal Eddin Rushdi said Saturday that his decision was based on the pardon issued by President Mohamed Morsi. – AP
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