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Egypt's Morsi sentenced to 20 years in jail
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Apr 23, 2015 08:43pm |
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| Author | Al Jazeera |
| News Date | Wednesday, April 22, 2015 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A Cairo court has sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and 12 other defendants to 20 years in prison.
Morsi was convicted on Tuesday of ordering the arrest and torture of protesters in clashes outside the presidential palace in December 2012. The court acquitted the former president of murder charges that could have seen him face the death penalty.
Morsi also faces serious charges in three other cases, including an accusation that he passed intelligence to Qatar.
Mohammed Soudan, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood, and an official within its affiliated Freedom and Justice Party, told Al Jazeera that the trial was a "political farce".
"The verdict is 100 percent a political verdict. Morsi, his advisers and supporters who are accused in this case were victims ... police and army officers watched as the opposition attacked the presidential palace," Soudan said.
"They killed 11 people and nine of them were supporters of Morsi... The verdict is a test for the protesters in the street, and also a test for the international community." |
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