An Eyptian court has today, May 16, 2015 sentenced former
Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi to death over a mass prison break in 2011,
weeks after he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for ordering the arrest and
torture of protesters during his time in power.
Morsi was removed as president y the military in July 2013
following mass street protests against his rule. Since then, the authorities
have banned his Muslim Brotherhood movement and arrested thousands of his
supporters.
All death sentences must first be sent to the Grand Mufti,
Egypt's highest religious authority, for his opinion on whether they should
stand.
Convictions are still open to appeal, even if the Grand
Mufti gives his approval. Morsi's supporters have said that the cases against
him are politically motivated and attempts to give legal cover to a coup, while
Morsi has rejected the authority of the courts.
Morsi was Egypt's first freely elected president, but
protests began building less than a year into his rule when he issued a decree
granting himself far-reaching powers.
Source: BBC
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