The Egyptian judge who sentenced to death hundreds of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last month will issue a verdict Monday on a**ther 700 people, including the leader of his Muslim Brotherhood. Monday's hearing in a court in the southern province of Minya comes amid a brutal *****down on supporters of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood since the military overthrew him last July amid massive protests calling for his resignation. The hearing has come under the spotlight after the judge, Said Yousef Sabry, sentenced an earlier batch of 529 defendants to death in just two sessions last month. That verdict is open to appeal, but has outraged the United Nations and human rights groups.
04-28-2014, 09:14 PM
Egypt verdict expected for 700, including Islamist leader
The Egyptian judge who sentenced to death hundreds of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last month will issue a verdict Monday on a**ther 700 people, including the leader of his Muslim Brotherhood. Monday's hearing in a court in the southern province of Minya comes amid a brutal *****down on supporters of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood since the military overthrew him last July amid massive protests calling for his resignation. The hearing has come under the spotlight after the judge, Said Yousef Sabry, sentenced an earlier batch of 529 defendants to death in just two sessions last month. That verdict is open to appeal, but has outraged the United Nations and human rights groups.
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