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| Morsi jail break trial to begin late January |
| 2014-01-03 |
| [Al Ahram] Former president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... and other Moslem Brüderbund members are to face a fresh trial beginning on 28 January, an appeal court in Cairo has announced. One hundred and thirty Brotherhood members will be tried alongside Morsi, including big shots Mohammed Saad El-Katatni, Essam El-Erian, Mohammed El-Beltagy, and Safwat Hegazy. They are accused of collaborating with Paleostinian Islamist group Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah to escape from Wadi El-Natroun prison during the January 2011 uprising and attempting to murder coppers. Morsi is now being held in Borg Al-Arab prison in the coastal city of Alexandria. In December, prosecutors announced the ousted president would be tried for "collaborating with foreign organizations to commit terrorist acts in Egypt and revealing defence secrets to a foreign country," specifying links with Hamas and Hezbollah between 2005 and 2013. Morsi is also standing in a separate trial for inciting the murder of protesters in festivities outside the presidential palace in December 2012. The next session in that case is scheduled for 8 January. |
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