cairo egypt court cassation uphold five-year jail sentence prominent opposition activist alaa abdel fattah wednesday judicial source say final rule appeal abdel fattah already serve three years prison jail protest without permission breach 2013 law right group say effectively ban protest blogger software engineer lead voice amongst tech-savvy liberal youth initially lead 2011 uprise end 30-year-rule hosni mubarak one several activists jail since military overthrow islamist president mohamed mursi 2013 mass protest crack muslim brotherhood movement secular democracy activists government proscribe muslim brotherhood terrorist organization deny crack secular democracy activists prosecutors say abdel fattah guilty organize protest november 2013 promote social media right group say authorities able prosecute abdel fattah attend protest invoke century old law assembly institute collective punishment involve illegal gather say 1914-era law fact repeal 1928 court use sue president use response government abdel fattah also trial separate case accuse insult judiciary charge carry three years jail verdict schedule december egyptian right activists say face bad crackdown history general-turned-president abdel fattah al-sisi accuse erase freedoms 2011 uprise sisi see west bulwark extremism region urge critics judge egypt right record western standards say security economic prosperity also human right egyptian court uphold lead activist 's jail sentence