Amnesty
International had called for the release of these activists, saying the
accusations against them are "baseless" and "farcical" and calling them
prisoners of conscience who were arrested for defying a repressive law.
A European Union delegation attended the Sunday hearing at a police academy courtroom south of Cairo.
Activist Sanaa Seif, and rights activist and lawyer Yara Sallam (Photo: Courtesy of Free Sanaa Facebook page)