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Egypt: Criticism Mounts On Decision to Seek Death for Mursi
Aswat Masriya, 17 May 2015
The European Union criticised on Sunday the recent court decision against former President Mohamed Mursi, adding that it was not streamlined with Egypt's obligations under… Read more »
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Egypt: Death Sentence for Mursi?
Aswat Masriya, 16 May 2015
The Cairo Criminal Court referred on Saturday Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to the Grand Mufti, to consider handing him the death sentence for escaping from the… Read more »
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Egypt: Mursi Trial a 'Charade', Says Rights Group
AI London, 16 May 2015
"The death penalty has become the favourite tool for the Egyptian authorities to purge the political opposition." - Said Boumedouha Read more »
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Egypt: Court Preliminarily Sentences Mursi and Dozens Others to Death in Prison Break Trial
Aswat Masriya, 16 May 2015
The Cairo Criminal Court referred on Saturday Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to the Grand Mufti, to consider handing him the death sentence for escaping from the… Read more »
Egypt's Mursi Among Scores Facing Death Penalty
The cases of former president Mohamed Mursi and 105 other defendants have been referred to the Grand Mufti to consider ordering that they die - for escaping from a prison during the January 2011 uprising that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak.
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A Cairo court has sentenced former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi to a maximum security prison for charges relating to deadly protests in 2012. Read more »
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Mohamed Badie and 13 others were accused of "resisting the state and spreading chaos" following the ouster of former president Mohamed Mursi. Read more »
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The verdict was announced after another court dropped charges against former President Hosni Mubarak. Read more »
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Protesters have clashed with the police after the court dropped charges against former President Hosni Mubarak. Read more »
