Egypt (BBN)-An Egyptian court has jailed blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, who played a key role during the 2011 uprising, for five years for breaking protest laws.
He was previously given a 15-year jail term, but was freed on bail last year, reports BBC.
Alaa Abdel Fattah gained fame as a blogger and pro-democracy campaigner against former President Hosni Mubarak.
Separately, Al-Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have appeared in an Egyptian court for a brief hearing before their retrial.
The men were freed on bail earlier this month after more than a year behind bars.
Their retrial was due to have started today.
After a short hearing their case has now been postponed to 8 March.
The journalists are accused of spreading false information and of helping the banned Muslim Brotherhood.
Australian Peter Greste, the third journalist in the case, was freed on 1 February and deported to Australia.
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