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| Egyptian court orders retrial in mass death penalty case |
| 2015-01-25 |
| [Iran Press TV] An Egyptian appellate court has ordered a retrial for 152 Moslem Brüderbund supporters, among them 37 members of the outlawed party sentenced to death over an attack on a cop shoppe in August 2013. Judicial authorities said the decision was taken on Saturday after the Court of Cassation, the exclusive body atop the judicial hierarchy in Egypt, dismissed the 152 defendants' appeal, and a retrial was ordered. They were among 529 supporters of ousted president, Mohammed Morsi, whom a lower court in Egypt's southern province of Minya sentenced to death last March in a mass trial. The trial and its outcome prompted international outcry. The death penalties were later commuted to life in prison in the case of 492 defendants, while 37 were ordered sent to the gallows. On January 19, a court in Egypt's northeastern city of Mansoura, located about 120 kilometers (74 miles) northeast of the capital, Cairo, handed down prison terms to 75 Moslem Brüderbund proponents over several charges as part of the ongoing crackdown on Morsi's supporters. |
| Posted by:Fred |