22/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - EU concerned by situation of Mahienour El Massry. On Wednesday 21 May, Michael Mann, the spokesperson to High Representative Catherine Ashton, expressed the EU's concerns over the sentencing of human rights activist Mahienour El Massry, for peacefully demonstrating against a protest law. “We wish a solution will soon be found leading to her release and that of other activists sentenced or on trial on similar grounds”, Mann stated. This law has drawn ample criticism, including from the United Nations, for not being in line with international standards, the spokesperson added. On 20 May, a court in Alexandria confirmed the sentence of two years' imprisonment plus a fine handed down to eight activists, one of whom was El Massry, for arranging an unauthorised demonstration in December. (CG)