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An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted President Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in prison over the killing of protesters in 2012.

Clashes between supporters and opponents of Morsi outside the presidential palace in December 2012 left at least 10 people dead.

Egypt's ex-President Morsi to spend 20 years in jail

CAIRO -- Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of demonstrators in 2012, news agencies are reporting.

Egypt's ex-President Morsi to spend 20 years in jail

An Egyptian criminal court on April 21 sentenced ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to 20 years in prison over the killing of protesters in 2012, the first verdict to be issued against the country's first freely elected leader.
                   

An Egyptian court sentenced 22 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death on April 20 over an attack on a police station in a district outside Cairo in 2013, judicial sources said. 

The assault was part of a wave of violence that rocked the country after the army removed elected Islamist president Mohamed Mursi from power following mass protests against his rule in June 2013. 

Egypt's ex-president Mohamed Morsi faces being sentenced to death April 21 on charges of inciting the killing of protestors in the first verdict against him nearly two years after his fall from power.

A Cairo court has confirmed death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 13 others over Islamist protest violence, while the jailing of a U.S.-Egyptian citizen for life was slammed by the White House.

Two of the 14 defendants sentenced to death have fled the country and will immediately face a retrial if apprehended.

An Egyptian court confirmed the death sentence of the Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and thirteen others for planning attacks against the state.

The court also sentenced a US-Egyptian citizen and several others to life imprisonment, the BBC reports.

The sentence of Badie, who is also involved in several other trials, is subject to appeal.

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived March 13 in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where he is to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to discuss the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
      

Despite months of embarrassment for Egypt over a series of alleged leaks of sensitive remarks including about Gulf allies, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appears to have avoided a major diplomatic furore.
      

An Egyptian court sentences four Muslim Brotherhood members to death - two in absentia - as top leader Mohamed Badie and his two deputies get life sentences An Egyptian court on sentenced four Muslim Brotherhood members to death - two in absentia - on Feb. 28 over charges of killing demonstrators outside the group's headquarters in 2013, a judicial source has said.