EGYPT’S high military court on Sunday condemned 15 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to between three and five years in prison for reviving the outlawed movement, the judge announced. Five people were acquitted of the same charges while three were sentenced to five years and 12 got three years. Former member of parliament Mukhtar Nuh was among those convicted in what he charged was “punishment” for the Brotherhood’s success in parliamentary elections earlier this month during which they won 17 of the 454 seats. The condemned were found guilty of belonging to an illegal group with the aim of “disturbing the social peace” as well as trying to “manipulate” trade unions and “instigate antagonism to the policies of the government.” The defendants, locked up in an iron cage, cried out in protest when the sentences were read, shouting: “God will bring us justice.” Despite its illegal status, the Brotherhood, which wants an Islamic state in Egypt, now holds the largest block of opposition seats in parliament. – AFP