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Egyptian court confirms death sentence for Brotherhood chief
(MENAFN- Arab News) CAIRO: A Cairo court confirmed death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 11 other defendants on Saturday and a US-Egyptian citizen was jailed for life over protest violence.
Judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata also sentenced to death two men who have fled the country and he handed life terms to 23 detained defendants.
The defendants were accused of plotting unrest from their headquarters in a sprawling Cairo protest camp in the months after the military overthrew President Muhammad Mursi in July 2013.
Among those sentenced to life in prison was Mohamed Soltan a US-Egyptian citizen who is on hunger strike.
His father Salah Soltan was among the 11 detainees sentenced to death.
Soltan's family called for Mohamed's immediate release in a statement after the verdict charging that there was no evidence against him.
The rulings can be appealed before the Court of Cassation which has overturned dozens of other death sentences including against Badie.
So far Egypt has executed one militant sentenced to death after Mursi's overthrow following his conviction of involvement in the murder of a youth during violent protests in July 2013.
At a previous session Shehata had sought the opinion of the country's mufti the Islamic legal authority on the death sentences.
The mufti has an advisory role under Egyptian law.
Known as the 'Rabaa Operations Room' case the prosecution accused the defendants of organizing months of unrest and protests against the ouster of Mursi a senior Brotherhood figure himself now on trial.
The Rabaa Al-Adawiya protest camp in Cairo was dispersed by police on August 14 2013 in a 12-hour operation.
Police moved in to disperse the camp after weeks of failed European and US-brokered negotiations with the Brotherhood who publicly insisted on Mursi's return.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi the former army chief who toppled Mursi and then won an election has pledged to eradicate the Brotherhood.
The government has blacklisted the movement as a terrorist organization amid a spike in militant attacks that have killed dozens of policemen and soldiers.
The deadliest attacks have been claimed by militants in the Sinai Peninsula and in Cairo.
Judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata also sentenced to death two men who have fled the country and he handed life terms to 23 detained defendants.
The defendants were accused of plotting unrest from their headquarters in a sprawling Cairo protest camp in the months after the military overthrew President Muhammad Mursi in July 2013.
Among those sentenced to life in prison was Mohamed Soltan a US-Egyptian citizen who is on hunger strike.
His father Salah Soltan was among the 11 detainees sentenced to death.
Soltan's family called for Mohamed's immediate release in a statement after the verdict charging that there was no evidence against him.
The rulings can be appealed before the Court of Cassation which has overturned dozens of other death sentences including against Badie.
So far Egypt has executed one militant sentenced to death after Mursi's overthrow following his conviction of involvement in the murder of a youth during violent protests in July 2013.
At a previous session Shehata had sought the opinion of the country's mufti the Islamic legal authority on the death sentences.
The mufti has an advisory role under Egyptian law.
Known as the 'Rabaa Operations Room' case the prosecution accused the defendants of organizing months of unrest and protests against the ouster of Mursi a senior Brotherhood figure himself now on trial.
The Rabaa Al-Adawiya protest camp in Cairo was dispersed by police on August 14 2013 in a 12-hour operation.
Police moved in to disperse the camp after weeks of failed European and US-brokered negotiations with the Brotherhood who publicly insisted on Mursi's return.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi the former army chief who toppled Mursi and then won an election has pledged to eradicate the Brotherhood.
The government has blacklisted the movement as a terrorist organization amid a spike in militant attacks that have killed dozens of policemen and soldiers.
The deadliest attacks have been claimed by militants in the Sinai Peninsula and in Cairo.
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