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Justice in the Middle East

Mohamed Morsi, the Egyptian president who was elected with 52 percent of the popular vote, was toppled by a military coup and has now been sentenced to death by one court and to life imprisonment by another.  

In April 2014, the number of pro-Morsi defendants who were sentenced to death reached 683; it is as if it is not a courthouse but a slaughterhouse.  

Morsi death sentence overturned to life in prison

An Egyptian court has overturned the death penalty imposed on deposed former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi to life in prison (25 years imprisonment). He was convicted, amongst others, on espionage charges.

 

According to international media, the court nevertheless confirmed the capital punishment verdict for another 16 Muslim Brotherhood members.

 

 

 

Egyptian Court Upholds Death Sentence of Former President Morsi

An Egyptian court upheld on Tuesday the death sentence of former President Mohamed Morsi for plotting prison breaks and attacks on police during the 2011 uprising.

The sentence, which had been initially issued in May, was now upheld after a consultation with the Grand Mufti, the highest religious authority in Egypt.

Egypt court confirms Morsi death sentence over jailbreak

An Egyptian court sentenced deposed President Mohamed Mursi to death on June 16 on charges of killing, kidnapping and other offences during a 2011 mass jail break. 

The general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, and four other Brotherhood leaders were also handed the death penalty. More than 80 others were sentenced to death in absentia. 

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