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Monday, May 30, 2016
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Monday, May 30, 2016
Egyptian court jails Muslim Brotherhood leader for life
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn Egyptian court sentences the Muslim Brotherhood’s leader and 35 other people to life in prison over violent clashes after the army overthrew Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in 2013, a judicial official says. The clashes, in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya, killed three people.
Mohammed Badie, the Brotherhood’s supreme guide, was already sentenced to death and prison terms in other trials.
The court also sentences 48 defendants to jail terms ranging from three to 15 years, and acquits 20 others.
The authorities have arrested thousands of Brotherhood leaders and members, including Morsi, since his ouster by the army. Hundreds have been sentenced to death, although many have appealed and won retrials.
— AFP
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