An Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced 19 anti-regime opponents, including three children, to jail terms for staging protests and allegedly committing violence, a judicial source said.
The court jailed 16 people for 10 years each and three youngsters for three years each on charges of assault and staging protests in northern Cairo in 2014.
The verdict is still subject to appeal.
Egypt has been rocked by instability since Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first freely elected president and leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, was ousted in a 2013 military coup following protests against his rule.
Since then, Egyptian authorities have carried out a relentless crackdown on dissent that targeted Muslim Brotherhood supporters, leaving hundreds dead and thousands behind bars.
Last year, President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi, a former army chief who led the military to overthrow Morsi, approved legislation allowing individuals accused of committing violations against state institutions to be referred to military courts.
The move was widely criticized by local and international human rights organisations, who expressed concern that defendants would not receive fair trials before military tribunals.