Egypt jails youth activist Ahmed Maher and two others 22 December 2013 Last updated at 12:28 Three prominent Egyptian activists from the 2011 uprising that led to the fall of Hosni Mubarak have been sentenced to three years in jail. Ahmed Maher, Ahmed Douma and Mohamed Adel were found guilty of organising a recent unauthorised protest. The three are key members of the 6 April Youth Movement that led protests to remove long-time President Mubarak. They were arrested after protesting in November over a new law that restricts demonstrations. The protesters complained that the law in effect replaced a recently-expired state of emergency, and was stricter than the measures in place during the rule of Hosni Mubarak. The court in Cairo found them guilty of holding a demonstration without authorisation and attacking police officers. As well as the jail sentence, they were ordered to pay a $7,000 (£4,000) fine each.