Egypt: Court seeks death sentence for ex-president Mursi and 105 others

Egypt: Court seeks death sentence for ex-president Mursi and 105 others

A court in Cairo is seeking the death penalty for ousted Egyptian president, Mohammed Mursi and 105 additional members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group. br br Khairat al-Shater, one of the movement’s top leaders, is among those sentenced.br br They are being tried in connection with a mass prison break in 2011.br br Mursi, Egypt’s first freely-elected president, was deposed by the then army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in July 2013 following huge street protests against his policies. The Brotherhood – reinstated under his rule – was once more banned, with authorities arresting thousands of the movement’s followers.br br The former leader refuses to recognise the authority of the courts, but is already serving a 20-year jail term for ordering the arrest and torture of dissidents during his 12-month rule.br br Egypt: Mohamed Mursi condemned to 20 years in prison pic.twitter.


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