An Egyptian court has recommended the death sentence for the
leader
of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood and 682 supporters, state
television said on Monday.
The same court also handed down a final capital punishment ruling for 37 others.
Charges in both cases,
which were tried by the same judge, are related to violent riots in the
central Egyptian city of Minya in August, including the murder of a
police officer.
Mohammed Badie, the
Bortherhood's general guide, is among 683 supporters of ousted President
Mohamed Morsy whose death sentences are not final -- as the case has
been referred to the nation's Grand Mufti, Egypt's highest religious
authority, for review.
In the second case
relating to 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death last
month, the judge upheld 37 death sentences. The rest saw their sentences
commuted to life in prison.
Most of the people sentenced are being tried in absentia. All defendants are still permitted to appeal.
Egypt has faced unending
turmoil since the uprising that toppled longtime leader Hosni Mubarak in
2011. Since the army removed the Brotherhood from power last July, the
country has suffered the worst internal strife in its modern history.
Morsy and other Brotherhood leaders were rounded up soon after his
removal from office.
Cairo's military-installed government has branded the Brotherhood a terrorist group, an allegation it denies.
Source:CNN
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