Egypt’s Court confirms death sentence for the country’s former President Mohamed Morsi and other prominent Muslim Brotherhood figures

Mohamed Morsi in the court room
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Cairo Court has issued on Tuesday, 16 June, two verdicts in the cases against Egypt’s former Islamist backed President Mohamed Morsi and several others prominent members of Muslim Brotherhood as well.

Thus, Egypt’s Court has confirmed the death sentences for Mohamed Morsi in the Wadi Al-Natroun prison break case and sentenced Egypt’s former head to life in prison in the espionage case.

Egypt: former President Mohamed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to death

Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi during the
court session
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Cairo Criminal Court has issued on Saturday, 16 May, a preliminary death sentence to Egypt’s Islamist backed President Mohamed Morsi, who was ousted as a result of the massive protests held in June and July 2013 and is currently facing trials on several charges. Mohamed Morsi is the first Egyptian President who received the death sentence and can be executed if the court will confirm this verdict.

Mohamed Morsi was sentenced to death in the so called Natroun prison break case and accused along with other 105 co-defendants of jailbreak, murder and attempted murder, looting prison’s weapons depots, damaging prison’s buildings and setting fire on them and releasing prisoners, among them many members of Muslim Brotherhood, Gaza based Hamas movement, Lebanon based Hezbollah and other jihadists and criminals held in the Natroun prison, located in Northern Sinai. The jailbreak occurred in the wake of January 25 Revolution 2011.