CAIRO: A court in Egypt has sentenced an icon of its 2011 revolt to five years in prison after a retrial.

The verdict came Monday in the case against well-known activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who faced a retrial after he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for taking part in an unauthorized protest and allegedly assaulting a police officer.

The courtroom erupted after the verdict, with some shouting: “Down with oppression!“

Abdel-Fattah is a prominent blogger who has been a vocal government critic. The charges against him stem largely from a law prohibiting protests in Egypt without prior government permission, a measure that came after the military overthrew Islamist President Muhammad Mursi in 2013. Activists and rights groups have criticized the law as a way to stop all dissent.