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    Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi Could Face Death Penalty For Conspiracy Charges

    Egypt's ousted Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, was referred by a top prosecutor to trial Wednesday for conspiring with the Palestinian group Hamas, Lebanon's Hezbollah and others to carry out a campaign of violence.

    Prosecutors claim that Morsi and his aides revealed state secrets to the militant groups, during his presidency. Morsi, along with 35 others - including leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood - are being accused of sponsoring terrorism and carrying out combat training to undermine the country's stability.

    The charges, with some that date as far back as 2005, carry the death penalty in Egypt.

    No date has been set for the newest case, as Morsi is already on trial for charges of inciting the murder of his opponents while in office.

    Prosecutors released a statement Wednesday claiming a new investigation has revealed that the Brotherhood's international branch has carried out violent acts in Egypt, developed terrorist plots and smuggled members into the country, among other crimes.

    According to the Associated Press, 17 of the 35 people charged Wednesday are on the run.

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    Egypt adjourns Morsy trial

    Lawyers for Egypt’s ousted President and his co-defendants walked out of court on Sunday to protest the soundproof glass cage in which defendants are held during proceedings, state TV reported.

    It said judge Shaaban el-Shamy ordered a recess after the lawyers left the hearing, the first in a case in which Mohamed Morsy and 35 others are facing charges of conspiring with foreign groups and undermining national security.

    Judge el-Shamy, who later ordered the trial adjourned until February 23, 2014 was quoted by the private CBC TV network as telling the lawyers that the trial would proceed without them. It also reported that Mr. Morsy shouted at the start of the trial that he could not hear the proceedings.

    Judge el-Shamy sent technicians to inspect the cage to verify Mr. Morsy’s claim, CBC said. The judge then ordered the volume raised to allow Mr. Morsy to better hear. The defence lawyers remained unsatisfied and walked out.

    The cage was introduced after Mr. Morsy and his co-defendants interrupted the proceedings of other court cases by talking over the judge and chanting slogans. The cage is fitted to give the judge sole control over whether the defendants can be heard or not when speaking.

    Mr. Morsy was ousted by the military following millions-strong protests demanding his step down after just one year in power. He, together with leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood, now face a multitude of trials on a range of charges, some of which carry the death penalty.

    http://www.thehindu.com/news/interna...cle5696880.ece
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    Egypt: 26 sentenced to death over Suez 'terror plot'

    Judges said the men were also accused of manufacturing missiles and explosives, local media report.

    The defendants were tried in absentia, Reuters news agency says.

    The sentencing comes a day after the new Prime Minister designate, Ibrahim Mahlab, vowed he would "crush terrorism in all the corners of the country".

    Mr Mahlab has been put in charge of forming a new government following Monday's surprise resignation of interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi and his cabinet.

    Mr Beblawi was appointed in July 2013 after the military overthrew President Mohammed Morsi in the wake of mass protests.

    Since then, more than 1,000 people have been killed and thousands of others detained in a crackdown by the security forces on the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement to which Mr Morsi belongs.

    Militants based in the Sinai peninsula have meanwhile stepped up attacks on government, police and the armed forces, killing hundreds.

    In Wednesday's verdict, the court said the accused had harmed "national unity", inciting violence against the army, police, and Christians.

    The case will now be referred to the mufti, Egypt's top Islamic official, who has to validate the sentence.

    The final verdict is expected on 19 March.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26350601
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    Egyptian court sentences 529 Brotherhood members to death

    An Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death for murder and other offences on Monday, in a sharp escalation of a crackdown on the movement that is likely to fuel instability.

    Family members stood outside the courthouse screaming after the verdict - the biggest mass death sentence handed out in Egypt's modern history, defence lawyers said. Supporters set fire to a nearby school in protest, state television reported.

    Turmoil has deepened since the army overthrew Egypt's first freely elected president, Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, in July. Security forces have killed hundreds of Brotherhood members in the streets and arrested thousands.

    Most of the defendants at Monday's hearing were detained during clashes which erupted in the southern province of Minya after the forced dispersal of two Muslim Brotherhood protest camps in Cairo on August 14.

    Islamist militants have also stepped up attacks on the police and army since Mursi's ouster, killing hundreds and carrying out high profile operations against senior interior ministry officials.

    "The court has decided to sentence to death 529 defendants, and 16 were acquitted," defence lawyer Ahmed al-Sharif told Reuters. The condemned men can appeal against the ruling.

    State television reported the sentences without comment. A government spokesman did not immediately respond to calls.

    "THE QUICKEST CASE"

    The Muslim Brotherhood, largely driven underground, responded by calling for the "downfall of military rule" on its official website.

    Mohamed Mahsoub, who served as minister of legal affairs under Mursi, described the court's decision "a ruling calling for the execution of justice" on his Facebook page.

    The sentences came days before army chief Field Marshall Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was expected to declare his candidacy in presidential elections. He is widely expected to win.

    The charges against the group, on trial in Minya since Saturday, include violence, inciting murder, storming a police station, attacking persons and damaging public and private property.

    "This is the quickest case and the number sentenced to death is the largest in the history of the judiciary," said lawyer Nabil Abdel Salam, who defends some Brotherhood leaders including Mursi.

    The verdict was sent to the grand mufti, Egypt's highest religious authority, for consideration, a judicial source said. The mufti's opinion is not binding.

    HA Hellyer, an Egypt expert and fellow at American think-tank the Brookings Institution, said he doubted the sentences would be carried out.

    "Nevertheless, the very issuing of the sentence itself is quite significant," he added.

    ATTACKS

    Only 123 of the defendants were in court. The rest were either released, out on bail or on the run.

    "When the trial starts on Saturday and it is just a procedural hearing, and the judge doesn't listen to any lawyers or witnesses and doesn't even call the defendants, you are before a group of thugs and not the judiciary," Walid, a relative of one of the defendants, said by phone.

    It was not possible to confirm his account of the proceedings independently.

    The government has declared the Brotherhood a "terrorist" group. The organisation says it is committed to peaceful activism.

    Analysts say some of its members could turn violent if the state keeps up pressure on the movement, which won the vast majority of elections since an army-backed popular uprising toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

    Egyptian authorities make no distinction between the Brotherhood and hardcore militant groups based in the Sinai peninsula who pose a major security challenge to the state despite army offensives against their fighters.

    Mursi and other top Brotherhood leaders, who are on trial on a range of charges, accuse the military of staging a coup and undermining democracy.

    The army says it was acting on behalf of the Egyptian people, who took to the streets in their millions to call for Mursi's resignation.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...A2N0BT20140324
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    Egypt sentences two Morsi supporters to death: judicial sources

    An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced to death two supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi convicted of throwing youths off an apartment block roof, judicial sources said.

    One youth thrown from the building in Alexandria was killed. The court submitted its verdict for approval to the mufti, the government’s official interpreter of Islamic law, the sources said.

    The latest death sentences come despite international outrage at Egypt handing down the death penalty to 529 Islamists on Monday after just two hearings.

    That verdict can be appealed, and the mufti has upheld death sentences in the past.

    The men sentenced to death on Saturday were among 63 people on trial over deadly violence in Alexandria’s Sidi Gaber neighbourhood on July 5 last year, two days after the amy overthrew Morsi.

    The trial was adjourned until May 19 when the verdicts for the other defendants are expected to be announced.

    The violence in Alexandria broke out as supporters and opponents of Morsi took to the streets of Egypt’s second city, the first to demand his reinstatement and the others to celebrate the end of his one-year rule.

    Amateur video posted on social networks at the time showed men throwing two youths off the roof of the building.

    It showed four young men cowering on the rooftop who are followed by several older men, one of them bearded and holding a jihadist flag.

    The men are seen throwing stones at the youths and later one is thrown from the roof.

    The video goes on to show club-wielding men beating the body of the youth.

    Another man is later thrown from the roof but is only injured.

    Egyptian authorities later said only one youth was killed in the attack and that one man had been arrested in connection with his death.

    http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2014...icial-sources/
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    Egypt: UN rights experts denounce mass death sentences as 'mockery of justice'

    A group of 8 United Nations human rights independent experts today urged the Egyptian authorities to quash the 529 death sentences announced in Egypt last week and give the defendants new and fair trials, in line with international human rights law.

    "The right to life is a fundamental right, not a toy to be played with. If the death penalty is to be used at all in countries which have not abolished it, international law requires the most stringent respect of a number of fundamental standards," the experts said in a news statement. On 24 March 2014, the 529 defendants were convicted of various charges, including membership in an unlawful organization (the Muslim Brotherhood), incitement to violence, vandalism, unlawful gathering and the killing of 1 police officer. All the charges relate to events in August 2013 after the Government of President Mohamed Morsi was ousted. The exact charges against each defendant are unclear as they were not read out in court, and at least 600 more individuals are currently under trial for similar charges.

    "We are appalled by the lack of clarity of the charges under which each individual was sentenced to death. Reports that some of them received capital punishment for charges of unlawful gathering, or any other offence not involving murder, indicate a clear violation of international law," the experts stressed, recalling the "most serious crimes" provision under international law, according to which only crimes of intentional killing may be punishable by death.

    "The imposition of the sentence of death on 529 defendants, after a 2-day trial that was rife of procedural irregularities, and on unclear or sometimes insignificant charges makes a mockery of justice," added the experts. "There is a clear need for a serious and comprehensive reform in any legal system that allows for such developments to occur."

    The independent experts also expressed deep concern about numerous procedural irregularities reported during the recent proceedings, such as limited access to lawyers, trials in absentia, or the mass imposition of the death sentences, all of which are in breach of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Egypt is a party.

    "International law also requires that, in cases of capital punishment, trials must meet the highest standards of fairness and due process," they noted.

    Warning that the absence of a fair trial is likely to "undermine any prospects for reconciliation within the Egyptian society," the experts reminded the Egyptian authorities "how crucial it is that the future of the Egyptian society be based on dialogue, justice, and respect of human rights."

    Independent experts or special rapporteurs are appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to examine and report back on a country situation or a specific human rights theme. The positions are honorary and the experts are not UN staff, nor are they paid for their work.

    The group of 8 experts was comprised of: Christof Heyns, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; Gabriela Knaul, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers; Juan Mendez, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; and Pablo de Greiff, Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence.

    Also a part of the statement were: Mads Andenas, Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; Maina Kiai, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Frank La Rue, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; and Ben Emmerson, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism.

    http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/#ixzz2xdutFdJw
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    Egypt court sentences police captain in southern province to death

    An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced a police officer to death for the 2012 killing of two men in the southern province of Qena, state news agency MENA reported.

    Mahmoud Fathi Ali Al-Ataar, a police captain, was standing trial on charges of killing a local driver and a salesman in January 2012 and stealing 130,000 Egyptian pounds ($18,600) from the men.

    The judge in Qena ruled that the policeman's file be referred to the mufti, the country's highest religious authority to whom death sentences are always sent for review.

    The judge scheduled the next hearing in the trial until June 2, pending the mufti's review of the sentences, state news agency MENA reported.

    Harsh sentences against policemen and soldiers are rare, but last month, an Egyptian court in Minya, another southern province, sentenced 529 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement to death, drawing strong criticism from Western governments and human rights groups.

    http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/0...A340L220140405
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    Judge to rule on death sentences for 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters

    An Egyptian court will today pass final judgment on 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death last month, in a case that has provoked outrage among western governments and rights groups.

    The preliminary death sentences were issued on March 24th and relate to violence in which a policeman was killed in August in the southern province of Minya.

    The United States and European Union said they were “appalled” at the ruling. The trial had only one session – a one-hour hearing in which lawyers for the defence were prevented from presenting arguments, and the prosecution offered no evidence, human rights groups say. The court will also issue verdicts on another 683 people accused of violence last year in Minya, including Mohamed Badie, the Muslim Brotherhood’s general guide, or top leader.

    He is charged with crimes including inciting violence that followed the army overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last July. The session could mark the first major verdict against any Brotherhood leader.

    Hundreds of Brotherhood supporters and members of the security forces have been killed in political violence and thousands of Islamists and some secular dissidents jailed by authorities since the army toppled Mr Morsi. After imposing the preliminary death sentences on March 24th, Judge Saeed Yousef referred his ruling to the state mufti, Egypt’s highest religious authority. His non-binding opinion is always sought in cases of capital punishment. Were the death sentences to be upheld, the subsequent appeals process could result in lesser penalties. Most of those convicted are not in detention and were tried in absentia, with 147 in court.

    Judicial sources said around 60 other Brotherhood supporters were sentenced yesterday for crimes linked to protests, such as obstructing traffic and using violence against the police.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world...ters-1.1775653
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    Egypt court sentences 683 people to death

    An Egyptian court has sentenced 683 people, including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to death.

    In a separate case, the same court also upheld the death penalty for 37 defendants, reversing 492 death sentences out of 529 it passed in March, the AFP news agency reported. Most of the death sentences were commuted to life in prison.

    Monday's hearing in the southern province of Minya comes amid a brutal crackdown on supporters of President Mohamed Morsi and the Brotherhood since the military overthrew him last July.

    The court has come under the spotlight after the same judge in March sentenced the 529 defendants to death in just two sessions.

    The second batch, including Badie, had faced charges of the murder and attempted murder of several policemen during rioting by Morsi supporters in Minya on August 14.

    http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middle...249787688.html

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    Egypt court sentences 10 Brotherhood supporters to death: sources

    An Egyptian court sentenced 10 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death in absentia on Saturday but postponed sentencing of its leader and other senior members tried in the case, judicial sources said.

    Those sentenced were convicted on charges including inciting violence and blocking a major road north of Cairo during protests after the army toppled Islamist President Mohamed Mursi last July.

    All 10 were assumed to be in hiding amid a state crackdown on the group since Mursi's ouster. One of those sentenced was Abdul Rahman al-Barr, a member of the Brotherhood's Guidance Council, the movement's executive board.
    Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, a well-known Salafi preacher who fled to Qatar after Mursi was toppled, was also sentenced in absentia.

    Death sentence recommendations in Egypt are passed on to the country's grand mufti, the highest religious authority, for his review. The court can ignore his opinion and its rulings can be appealed.

    Judge Hassan Fareed said the verdict for the rest of the defendants would be announced at a hearing on July 5.

    Those 38 defendants include the Islamist movement's General Guide Mohamed Badie and senior member Mohamed El-Beltagy, along with former ministers from Mursi's government.

    DEFENDANTS PROTEST

    "Down with the military court!" shouted the defendants in the courtroom.

    Speaking from the cage where defendants are held in Egyptian courtrooms, Beltagy yelled condemnations against the judiciary, which he said was serving Egypt's militarized state.

    He wore the dark uniform worn by defendants already sentenced in other trials. He was given a one-year prison sentence in April for insulting the judiciary, the first sentence handed to a leader of the organisation since it was outlawed.

    Egypt's biggest political force until last year, the Brotherhood has been driven underground and declared a terrorist organisation.

    Badie was among 683 people sentenced to death in April.

    Hundreds of Brotherhood supporters and members of the security forces have been killed since Mursi's ouster and thousands detained by security forces.

    Secular activists are also in jail. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said last month 16 journalists were imprisoned in Egypt.

    The military-backed government in place since Mursi's ouster accuses the Brotherhood of turning to violence. The group denies that accusation.

    Critics of the judiciary say it is a tool in a state crackdown against dissent.

    Courts have recently sentenced hundreds of the accused, often after brief hearings where scant evidence is offered by the prosecution, rights groups say.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...0EI0CB20140607

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