Egyptian court sentences 75 people to death for deadly 2013 protests

A total number of seventy-five persons have been sentenced to death by a court in Egypt for their involvement in a deadly sit-in protest staged in Cairo in the year 2013 which claimed the lives of hundreds of demonstrators.

Reports say some of the convicts sentenced to death by the Egyptian court are senior leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, with Senior Brotherhood leaders Essam el-Erian and Mohamed Beltagi were sentenced to death, while Mohamed Badie, the Brotherhood’s spiritual leader, was handed a life sentence.

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Prominent photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also known as Shawkan, was handed a five-year sentence but should walk free for time served. He was arrested in August 2013 while covering the killings in Cairo.

Lawyers for Shawkan said he would be out in a “few days”.

In addition to Badie, 46 people were handed life sentences, while 612 other defendants received prison terms ranging from five to 15 years after a mass trial in Cairo.

 

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