20 -year jail term in Egypt for Muslim Brotherhood leader Morsi
- 9 years ago
He was Egypt’s first democratically elected president, but now he has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi has been jailed without parole on charges arising from the killing of protesters.
Morsi was in the dock with 12 other Brotherhood members, three years after winning elections. He was ousted after mass protests against his rule.
Mohammed Abdel Wahab, a lawyer for the victims, told reporters: “This ruling is convincing for me. But finding the accused innocent on charges of incitement to murder and participating in the killing of victims, such as the journalist Abu Deif and others, does not satisfy the representatives of the victims and their families.”
Demonstrations broke out at the end of 2012 after Morsi issued a decree that said that presidential powers would be extended.
The president and his aides denied accusations of being responsible for the deaths of 10 protesters.
Some of those sentenced alongside Morsi say they wil
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi has been jailed without parole on charges arising from the killing of protesters.
Morsi was in the dock with 12 other Brotherhood members, three years after winning elections. He was ousted after mass protests against his rule.
Mohammed Abdel Wahab, a lawyer for the victims, told reporters: “This ruling is convincing for me. But finding the accused innocent on charges of incitement to murder and participating in the killing of victims, such as the journalist Abu Deif and others, does not satisfy the representatives of the victims and their families.”
Demonstrations broke out at the end of 2012 after Morsi issued a decree that said that presidential powers would be extended.
The president and his aides denied accusations of being responsible for the deaths of 10 protesters.
Some of those sentenced alongside Morsi say they wil