Egyptian court sentences 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death
3 years, 5 months ago

Egyptian court sentences 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death

Al Jazeera  

Eight of the 24 accused were tried in absentia in separate cases involving the killing of police officers. An Egyptian court has sentenced 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death for the killing of police officers in two separate cases, a judicial source said. The state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper said the Damanhour Criminal Court ordered the death penalty on Thursday for 16 defendants affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, including Mohamed Sweidan, a regional leader of the organisation, for their involvement in the bombing of a police bus in Rashid city in Beheira governorate in 2015. The same court also handed down the death penalty to eight Muslim Brotherhood members, who were accused of killing a police officer in December 2014 in Ad Dilinjat city in Beheira. Following the overthrow of former President Mohamed Morsi in 2013, Egyptian authorities have cracked down on Muslim Brotherhood members and leaders and outlawed the group.

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What is the future of Egypt's once-powerful group Muslim Brotherhood after its leader's death in exile?
2 years ago

What is the future of Egypt's once-powerful group Muslim Brotherhood after its leader's death in exile?

Firstpost  

For the time being, the group is led by Muhyeddine al-Zayet, a 70-year-old senior figure in the movement. But since a 2013 military coup that removed the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Mohammed Morsi from power, the group has been all but destroyed, with most of its leaders either imprisoned, killed or in exile. As a scholar of social movements who has …

Egypt court sentences 2 aged Islamist leaders to 15 years
2 years, 7 months ago

Egypt court sentences 2 aged Islamist leaders to 15 years

Associated Press  

CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced two aged Islamist leaders to 15 years in prison for disseminating false news and inciting against state institutions. Along with Abdel-Monaem Abul Fetouh, a former presidential candidate and head of the Islamist Strong Egypt party, and Mahmoud Ezzat, the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood group, the Supreme State Security Court gave …

Egypt court jails former presidential candidate for 15 years
2 years, 7 months ago

Egypt court jails former presidential candidate for 15 years

Al Jazeera  

A court in Cairo sentences Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and several other Islamist leaders to lengthy jail terms. An Egyptian court has sentenced former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and several prominent figures from the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to lengthy jail terms on Sunday for “spreading false news” and plotting to overthrow the state, reports Agence France-Presse and the …

Egypt court upholds life sentences for 10 Islamists
3 years, 5 months ago

Egypt court upholds life sentences for 10 Islamists

The Hindu  

Egypt’s highest appeals court on Sunday upheld the life sentences of 10 leaders of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, including the group’s head, the state-owned MENA news agency reported. In 2019, a Cairo criminal court had convicted all 10, including the group’s leader, or supreme guide, Mohammed Badie, of charges related to killing policemen and organizing mass jail breaks during Egypt’s …

Egypt upholds life sentences for 10 Muslim Brotherhood figures
3 years, 5 months ago

Egypt upholds life sentences for 10 Muslim Brotherhood figures

Al Jazeera  

Among those sentenced is the group’s leader, Mohamed Badie, on charges related to killing policemen and organising mass jail-breaks during Egypt’s 2011 uprising. Egypt’s highest appeals court has upheld the life sentences of 10 leaders of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, including the group’s head, the state-owned MENA news agency reported. The ruling on Sunday upheld the 2019 conviction by a …

Egypt upholds death penalty for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members
3 years, 6 months ago

Egypt upholds death penalty for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members

Al Jazeera  

Court decision marks end of a trial linked to a mass killing by security forces at a sit-in in Cairo in 2013. Egypt’s highest civilian court on Monday upheld death sentences for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members, concluding a trial linked to a 2013 mass killing by security forces at a sit-in, according to judicial sources. Many Muslim Brotherhood figures have …

Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison
3 years, 9 months ago

Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison

Al Jazeera  

A senior leader of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group has been convicted on “terror” charges and sentenced to life in prison, state media has reported. According to the state-owned Middle East News Agency, a Cairo court on Thursday found Mahmoud Ezzat, the acting supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, guilty of “terror acts” that followed the 2013 military overthrow of …

Rights group slams Egypt’s execution of 49 this month
4 years, 2 months ago

Rights group slams Egypt’s execution of 49 this month

Associated Press  

CAIRO — A leading international human rights group on Thursday condemned Egypt’s execution of 49 people so far this month — some arrested during a deadly crackdown on a mass protest in 2013 — and urged authorities in Cairo to grant fair retrials to those on the death row. The group said 15 of those executed had been convicted of …

Egypt police arrest leader of outlawed Muslim Brotherhood
4 years, 4 months ago

Egypt police arrest leader of outlawed Muslim Brotherhood

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Egyptian police arrested a high-level leader in the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood at his hiding place in Cairo, an Interior Ministry statement said Friday. Investigators recently learned that Mahmoud Ezzat, the acting Supreme Guide of the country’s oldest Islamist organization, was hiding in an apartment on the outskirts of Cairo, the statement said. After searching the apartment, the police …

Egypt arrests top Muslim Brotherhood leader Mahmoud Ezzat
4 years, 4 months ago

Egypt arrests top Muslim Brotherhood leader Mahmoud Ezzat

Al Jazeera  

Acting Brotherhood leader Ezzat has already been handed two death sentences in absentia, as well as life imprisonment. Mahmoud Ezzat, a top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, was arrested on Friday, the latest figure swept up by Cairo’s long-running crackdown against the outlawed Islamist group, the interior ministry said. As the group’s acting leader, Ezzat has already been handed two …

Egypt arrests top Muslim Brotherhood leader
4 years, 4 months ago

Egypt arrests top Muslim Brotherhood leader

Al Jazeera  

Mahmoud Ezzat, the group’s acting leader, arrested in the capital Cairo, interior ministry says. Egypt on Friday arrested a top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, the latest swept up by Cairo’s long-running crackdown against the outlawed Islamist group. “National security has communicated information concerning the arrest of the fugitive leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mahmud Ezzat,” the interior ministry said …

Top Muslim Brotherhood leader dies in Cairo prison
4 years, 4 months ago

Top Muslim Brotherhood leader dies in Cairo prison

Al Jazeera  

Essam el-Erian had complained of medical negligence in detention after being sentenced to several life sentences. A senior leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood movement has died of a heart attack in the notorious Tora Prison in Cairo, Egyptian security sources have said. Essam el-Erian, who was sentenced to several life sentences following the military coup against Egypt’s first democratically …

Morsi’s death spotlights systematic mistreatment of prisoners
5 years, 6 months ago

Morsi’s death spotlights systematic mistreatment of prisoners

Al Jazeera  

The death of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has cast the spotlight on the dire conditions faced by political prisoners in Egypt under the government of army chief-turned-president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. “Former President Morsi’s death followed years of government mistreatment, prolonged solitary confinement, inadequate medical care, and deprivation of family visits and access to lawyers,” Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East …

Mohammed Morsi dies in court during espionage case hearing, Muslim Brotherhood blames Egypt for ex-president's 'deliberate slow death'
5 years, 6 months ago

Mohammed Morsi dies in court during espionage case hearing, Muslim Brotherhood blames Egypt for ex-president's 'deliberate slow death'

Firstpost  

Egypt’s first democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi, an Islamist who was ousted after one year of divisive rule, died after collapsing in court on Monday, the attorney general said. Morsi, also the country’s first civilian president, had appeared “animated” during a hearing in the retrial of an espionage case in which he was accused of collaborating with foreign powers and …

Egypt’s ousted president Morsi dies in court during trial
5 years, 6 months ago

Egypt’s ousted president Morsi dies in court during trial

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi who was ousted by the military in 2013 after a year in office, collapsed in court while on trial Monday and died, state TV and his family said. Massive protests grew against their rule, until the military — led by then-Defense Minister, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi — ousted Morsi in July …

Mohamed Morsi death: Ousted Egyptian president dies during trial
5 years, 6 months ago

Mohamed Morsi death: Ousted Egyptian president dies during trial

The Independent  

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Obituary: Egypt’s first freely elected President Mohamed Morsi
5 years, 6 months ago

Obituary: Egypt’s first freely elected President Mohamed Morsi

Al Jazeera  

The Muslim Brotherhood leader was the country’s first democratically elected president but was removed in a 2013 coup. A member of the Muslim Brotherhood organisation, Morsi came to office in June 2012 after winning 51.7 percent of the vote in a national election, in the aftermath of Egypt’s 2011 revolution. But if you want to ask me if I will …

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