Posted on 04/28/2014 11:16:34 PM PDT by tcrlaf
An Egyptian court sentenced 682 alleged Islamists and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to death on Monday, a lawyer and prosecutor said, after two brief sessions the defence partly boycotted.
The same court in the southern province of Minya also reversed 492 of 529 death sentences it passed in March, commuting most of those to life in prison.
The court, presided over by judge Said Youssef Sabry, had sparked an international outcry with its initial sentencing last month amid an extensive crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
The crackdown has extended to secular-leaning dissidents who supported Morsi's overthrow but have since turned on the army-installed regime.
In Cairo, a court banned the April 6 youth movement that spearheaded the 2011 revolt which toppled strongman Hosni Mubarak, following a complaint accusing it of defaming Egypt and colluding with foreign parties.
In Minya, judge Sabry is set to confirm the death sentences on June 21.
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Exactly, talk is cheap, right? Open fire.
It’s too bad the people that fomented and paid for the violent overthrow of Egypt, and the subsequent deaths won’t be standing trial.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
You mean people like Sec. State Hillary Clinton who had Egyptian College students attend seminars in New York with scholarships to pay their way, on how to overthrow Mubarak?
I agree.Send Hillary to Cairo and see what happens to her.
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