WorldNews Posted April 11, 2015 Posted April 11, 2015 [attach=full]20253[/attach]A Cairo court confirmed death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 13 others on Saturday, and jailed a US-Egyptian citizen for life over Islamist protest violence. Two of the 14 defendants sentenced to death have fled the country and will immediately face a retrial if apprehended. The defendants were accused of plotting unrest from their headquarters in a sprawling Cairo protest camp in the months after the military overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. Among those sentenced to life in prison was Mohamed Soltan, a US-Egyptian citizen who is on hunger strike. Continue reading... Quote
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