Ousted Egypt President Morsy jailed for 20 years

[Hindustani78]

Updated: April 21, 2015 14:48 IST
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The case stems from violence outside the presidential palace in December 2012.
An Egyptian criminal court on Tuesday sentenced ousted President Mohammed Morsy to 20 years in prison over the killing of protesters in 2012.

The Cairo Criminal Court issued the verdict as Morsy and other defendants in the case mostly Muslim Brotherhood leaders stood in a soundproof glass cage inside a makeshift courtroom at Egypt’s national police academy.

The case stems from violence outside the presidential palace in December 2012. Morsy’s supporters attacked opposition protesters, sparking clashes that killed at least 10 people.

Judge Ahmed Youssef dropped murder charges and said the sentence was linked to the “show of force” and unlawful detention associated with the case.

In addition to Morsy, 12 Brotherhood leaders and supporters, including Mohammed el-Beltagy and Essam el-Erian, also were sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Morsy and the rest of the defendants raised the four-finger sign symbolising the sit-in at the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, where hundreds were killed when security forces violently dispersed the sprawling sit-in by Morsy’s supporters on August 14, 2013.

'Trial a travesty of justice'

"His trial has been a travesty of justice, which has been scripted and controlled by the government and entirely unsupported by evidence," Amr Darrag, a former minister under Morsy, said in a statement in Istanbul.



"They want to pass a life sentence for democracy in Egypt."





Morsi is now held at a high security prison near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.

 

[That Guy]

This isn't the final verdict. An appeal will occur, and we'll see the final result soon. I doubt he'll be in jail long, either he's going to die, or he'll end up an exile. He's too much of a diplomatic issue to simply throw in jail.

 

[Hindustani78]

This isn't the final verdict. An appeal will occur, and we'll see the final result soon. I doubt he'll be in jail long, either he's going to die, or he'll end up an exile. He's too much of a diplomatic issue to simply throw in jail.

I think in some months he will be out.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

lol democratically elected guy in jail lol

 

[Hindustani78]

lol democratically elected guy in jail lol

Right now the situation in Libya is not good. Egyptian elected Government was not able to cope up with the ongoing problem in Libya, Syria and Yemen .

 

[That Guy]

I think in some months he will be out.

Right now, Egyptians are going through what Pakistan went through when Musharraf took over. Things will be fine, in the beginning, but that wont last. I am extremely disappointed that Egyptians haven't learned any lesson from Pakistan's mistakes.

Sisi is going to sell his country, and his supporters will cheer him on, as he sells their livelihoods.

 

[azzo]

I feel bad for Egypt, and I'm "almost" satifsied seeing Sisi supporters getting screwed over by the same general they supported..