Only journalists were allowed in the courtroom for the final hearing, which Egyptian authorities evidently hoped to use to advertise their justice system. Family members and even attorneys were shut outside, to pound on the locked doors.

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Shouting at reporters, prisoners protest their imprisonment and trial.

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Speaking in English, one of the prisoners, Ashraf Zanety, describes his arrest.

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Judge Mohammed Abdel Karim and State Security Prosecutor Ashraf Hilal enter the courtroom.

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The judge deliberately reads his verdicts in a near-whisper, while prisoners in the cage beg more and more desperately to be allowed to hear their own sentences--and relatives and lawyers outside shout to be allowed in the courtroom. As the judge exits, anguished prisoners plead with reporters to tell them whether they have been found guilty.

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In the courthouse, police in riot gear cordon off milling mobs of spectators.

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A US human rights activist speaks to reporters after the verdicts.

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