An exceptional court in Egypt on Monday issued a death sentence against Muslim Brotherhood guide Mohamed Badie and seven of the group’s leaders, convicting them of organizing violent acts for “terrorist purposes” about 11 years ago. The Giza Criminal Court had previously sentenced 14 of the group’s leaders, including Badie, to death after convicting them of planning to confront the state by force, in what is known as the “Fourth Operations Room” case. The death penalty is not considered valid, according to Egyptian law, until it is ratified by the Mufti of the Republic. But the Mufti’s opinion also remains advisory.
Published on: 03/05/2024 – 05:45
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The Egyptian government newspaper Al-Ahram reported that an exceptional court ruled the death penalty on Monday Guide to the Muslim Brotherhood“Mohamed Badie and seven of the group’s leaders were convicted of organizing violent acts for “terrorist purposes” during a sit-in in Cairo in 2013. The Egyptian authorities launched a massive campaign of repression after the army overthrew former President Mohamed Morsi, who belonged to the “Muslim Brotherhood.”
The Muslim Brotherhood organized a sit-in in Rabaa al-Adawiya Square in Cairo to protest the army’s overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
In August of the same year, the security forces forcibly dispersed this sit-in, which led to the killing of more than a thousand people, including Muslim Brotherhood cadres and supporters.
The authorities subsequently launched a crackdown against the group, and thousands of its members were arrested and referred to trial, most of whom were sentenced to prison.
Death sentences have previously been issued against Awesome And many of the leaders of the group, but some of them were canceled by the Court of Cassation, and no executions were carried out against the leaders of the Brotherhood.
In November 2013, the Brotherhood was officially classified in Egypt as a “terrorist group.”
Human rights defenders accuse Egypt, which ranks 135 out of 140 in the Rule of Law Index issued by the Global Justice Project, of attacking dissidents, activists, journalists, and even those living in exile, sometimes by harassing their families living in Egypt.
Death sentences have been issued to hundreds of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood since the army overthrew the deposed Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, who belonged to the group, in July 2013.
France 24/AFP
2024-03-05 04:45:32
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