article_snippet.sent: They faced charges that include "funding the Rabaa al-Adawiya sit-in" -- a mass protest in Cairo in August 2013 that was forcibly dispersed by security personnel -- and spreading "false information" to destabilize Egypt.
article_snippet.sent: They were arrested in a sweeping crackdown on supporters of former President Mohamed Morsy, Egypt's first democratically elected president, who was overthrown in 2013 in a military coup that bitterly split Egyptians.
article_snippet.sent: During the summer of unrest, hundreds of people died when the police forcefully cleared camps set up by protesting Morsy supporters and when security forces opened fire on Morsy backers who attacked police stations, government buildings and churches.
article_snippet.sent: The government accused the protesters of inciting violence.
article_snippet.sent: After the coup, The government outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood.
article_snippet.sent: Morsy was arrested, and Morsy too faces trial.