10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to death in Egypt.
An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced 10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death and 56 others to life in prison.
The Egyptian Criminal Court, the First Directorate of Counter-Terrorism, convened today (Tuesday) chaired by Judge Mohammed Shirin Fahmi and sentenced 10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death in connection with the “Helwan Battalions” case. Fifty-six people were also sentenced to life in prison.
According to the Al-Yawm Al-Sabeeh website, these individuals are accused of forming an armed group in the provinces of Cairo and Giza from August 14 to February 5, 2015 to attack the military and police forces and harass the people and undermine social security. There are 215 defendants.
According to the report, the Supreme National Security Prosecutor’s Office issued prisoner leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood from inside the prison, instructing the “Helwan Battalions” to attack police stations, public facilities and private property.
In July last year, the Egyptian Court of Appeals, the country’s highest judicial body, upheld the Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 10 other senior members of the movement.
During the post-2013 coup against Mohamed Morsi, which led to widespread protests by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and their sit-in at the Rabaa Adawiya Mosque in Cairo and several other places in Egypt, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, followed by thousands of Members of the group have been arrested, and Egyptian courts have occasionally sentenced a number of them to death and long prison terms in connection with various cases opened against them.