Muslim leader in Egypt gets life sentence
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AN Egyptian court yesterday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 36 other Islamists to life in prison, and confirmed death sentences for 10 others.
Badie, convicted of involvement in deadly protests, had already received death sentences in two other cases in a crackdown on Islamist opposition after last year’s military ouster of president Mohamed Morsi.
Of the 10 defendants condemned to death last month in the same case, whose sentences were confirmed, an Islamic cleric has since been arrested.
Egyptian courts have sparked international concern over a spate of death sentences for more than 200 people in several mass trials. Yesterday, presiding Judge Hassan Farid said the defendants were involved in violence and the murder of two people during protests last July after the army overthrew Morsi, who belonged to the Brotherhood.
The defendants committed violence “to achieve terrorist goals,” he said.
The Brotherhood has been designated as a terrorist movement, with much of its leadership imprisoned, including the former president.
Following Morsi’s overthrow, Islamists staged rallies that often ended in clashes with police and opponents.
At least 1,400 people, mostly Islamists, have been killed in street clashes, and scores of policemen and soldiers have died in militant attacks.
About 700 Morsi supporters were killed in one day in August, when police broke up two protest camps in Cairo.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the ex-army chief who toppled Morsi and was elected in May to succeed him, has pledged to wipe out the Brotherhood.
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