529 death sentences
An Egyptian court has sentenced 529 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood to death. The judge in the central city of Minya took only two court sessions to issue the death sentences, and lawyers for the defence had no opportunity to argue their case. In the summer of 2013, hundreds of thousands of Brotherhood supporters took the streets in protest at the army’s coup against the government of Mohamed Morsi. The military brutally suppressed these demonstrations and declared the Islamist organisation illegal. In Cairo, over 900 protesters were killed as the state dispersed a pro-Morsi sit in. It...