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A police officer convicted of killing a pregnant woman has been given a oneyear prison sentence, triggering indignation from her family as well as human rights activists.

Thirty-six-year-old Mervat Abdel Fatah from Samalout, Minya, died 10 minutes after being physically assaulted by police officers who stormed her home looking for her brother-in-law in October 2008.