Protests in Cairo continued into Thursday night as hundreds gathered to demonstrate against a court verdict on a group of young female protesters. <br /><br /> Crowds chanted anti-police slogans and waved banners and flags, including that of the pro-reform Kefaya movement. “Kafaya” is Arabic for “enough.”<br /><br /> Thursday’s rally was in defiance of a new law criminalising protests held without police permits. Violaters face fines and prison terms.<br /><br /> The new law sparked a wave of anger among liberals and youth groups and allies of the military-backed interim government. <br /><br /> Nearly two dozen women and girls were given heavy prison sentences on Wednesday for an earlier protest demanding ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s reinstatement. <br /><br /> Images from the courtroom in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria showed the 21 young female defendants in white head scarves and white prison uniforms, handcuffed in the defendants cage.<br /><br /> Among them were seven teenagers aged 15 and 16, who were sentenced to pris
