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EGYPT: 10 MORSI SUPPORTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
June 7, 2014: Cairo’s Shubra Criminal Court sentenced 10 supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi to death on charges of inciting violence and blocking the Qalyoub Highway last July.
The case includes a total of 48 accused, including the Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, who was not amongst the 10 sentenced to death.
In accordance with Egyptian law, the court referred the death sentence to the country's Grand Mufti to review the verdicts.
All 10 sentenced to death are at large.
The trial of the remaining 38 defendants will continue 5 July. (Sources: albawaba.com, 07/06/2014)
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