1.   While alcoholism may be widely accepted as a disease nowadays, for many older people it remains a shameful sin to be hidden from the rest of the world.

2.   The four-month trial has shocked Egypt, a conservative state where homosexuality is seen as a shameful sin.

3.   The sentence came at the end of a four-month trial that has shocked Egypt, a conservative state where homosexuality is seen as a shameful sin.

4.   The sentences came at the end of a four-month trial that has shocked Egypt, a conservative state where homosexuality is seen as a shameful sin.

5.   The trial has shocked Egypt, a conservative state where homosexuality is seen as a shameful sin.