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May 18, 2015

Egyptian Court Sentences Ex-President Morsi to Death 
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An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted President Mohamed Morsi and more
than 100 others to death. The ruling comes in the case of a 2011 prison
break, one year before Morsi became Egypt's first democratically elected
leader. He has been imprisoned since being overthrown in a 2013 coup.
The death term must now be confirmed by Egypt's grand religious
authority and could still be appealed to Egypt's highest court. In a
statement, Amnesty International called the trials "nothing but a
charade based on null and void procedures."

 

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