Egypt sentences deposed Islamist president Morsi to death
Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, photographed in May 2014/AFP
CAIRO,
Egypt, May 16 – An Egyptian court sentenced deposed Islamist president
Mohamed Morsi and more than 100 other defendants to death on Saturday
over jail breaks during the 2011 uprising.
Morsi, sitting in a caged dock in the blue uniform
of convicts having already been sentenced to 20 years for inciting
violence, raised his fists in defiance when the judge read out his
verdict.
Among the others sentenced to death were Mohamed Badei, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood who had already been handed the death penalty in another trial, and his deputy Khairat al-Shater.
Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, had ruled for only a year before mass protests prompted the military to overthrow him in July 2013.
He and dozens of other Islamist leaders were then detained amid a crackdown that left hundreds of his supporters dead.
Among the others sentenced to death were Mohamed Badei, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood who had already been handed the death penalty in another trial, and his deputy Khairat al-Shater.
Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, had ruled for only a year before mass protests prompted the military to overthrow him in July 2013.
He and dozens of other Islamist leaders were then detained amid a crackdown that left hundreds of his supporters dead.
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