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The 152 were initially sentenced last March at a trial of
more than 500 defendants, some tried in absentia. The
proceedings lasted only a few days and were widely criticized by
Western governments and human rights groups.
They will face a retrial for carrying out attacks during clashes
that erupted in the southern province of Minya after the forced
dispersal of two Muslim Brotherhood protest camps in Cairo on
August 14, 2013, when hundreds were killed.
The Brotherhood was protesting at the removal of President
Mohamed Mursi after he was ousted by the military following mass
protests against his rule.
The original trial last year in Minya also saw 377 sentenced in
absentia. Those sentenced in absentia automatically receive
retrials when they turn themselves in, according to Egyptian
law.
(Reporting By Ali Abdelatti and Mohamed Abdellah; Writing By
Shadi Bushra; Editing by Stephen Powell)
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