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| Cairo court sentences 75 protesters to death | |
| 2018-07-29 | |
[Al Jazeera] Senior members of outlawed Muslim Brotherhood among those ordered executed by the Cairo Criminal Court.
Egypt court seeks Mufti's opinion on death sentences for 75 leading Brotherhood members in Rabaa dispersal case [AlAhram] An Egyptian criminal court issued on Saturday preliminary death sentences to 75 members of the terrorist-designated Moslem Brüderbund group in the criminal case known as "the Rabaa Dispersal Case." Those defendants sentenced to death include the former Supreme Guide of the Moslem Brüderbund Mohammed Badie as well other prominent Brotherhood members Essam El-Erian, Mohammed Beltagy and Wagdy Ghoneim. The case dates back to the dispersal of the Rabaa sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in August 2013. The dispersal left hundreds dead including dozens of coppers. The defendants were charged by prosecution of several crimes including premeditated murder, attacking citizens, resisting authorities, destroying public property, and possessing firearms and Molotov cocktails The court referred the preliminary sentences to the Grand Mufti for a non-binding consultation per the Egyptian penal code. The court set 8 September as the date to issue the final verdict for all 739 defendants accused in the case. A final verdict can be appealed. | |
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