Thursday, January 9, 2014
Egypt court convicts 113 Muslim Brotherhood supporters in three trials
[JURIST] Three courts in Egypt sentenced 113 supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] and the Muslim Brotherhood [party website, JURIST news archive] on Thursday. In one of the largest mass trials to date, 63 individuals were sentenced [Reuters report] to three years in prison on charges of rioting, thuggery and weapons possession stemming from protest in Cairo in November. The sentence includes a fine of 50,000 Egyptian Pounds (USD $7,181). Bail was set at...
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