Egypt Court cancels death sentence for Muslim Brotherhood leader

Thursday, February 12, 2015 | 16:40:16

(VOVworld) – On Wednesday, the Egypt Court of Cassation cancelled several death and life in prison sentences handed down to Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 35 co-defendants related to riots in Minya in 2013, and ordered a retrial.

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Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie at a trial in Cairo on August 30, 2014
(Photo: Xinhua/VNA)

One June 21, 2014, the Minya Criminal Court sentenced Badie and others to death; four to life sentences; one to 15 years, and 14 others to seven years in prison. The defendants were accused of violent acts, murder, destruction of property, assault, arson, and assaulting a police station. The defendants will be retried at a date not yet decided.

Since the Egyptian army deposed President Morsi in July, 2013, more than 1,400 Morsi supporters died in street crackdowns. Around 16,000 were imprisoned.