Egypt’s Morsi faces trial at military court
Egypt’s military prosecutors have referred the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, and nearly 200 Muslim Brotherhood members to a military tribunal to stand trial for a charge of incitement to murder.
An Egyptian prosecution source said on Tuesday that the new case will open on February 23.
The case is related to deadly demonstrations in the canal city of Suez on August 14, 2013, following the ouster of Morsi, who is accused of inciting the protests, which left 31 killed.
State news agency, MENA, said 198 Muslim Brotherhood members, including the group’s leader, Mohamed Badie, will also stand before a military judge. Military tribunals are known for issuing harsh sentences.
Last week, Egypt’s Court of Cassation overturned a death sentence handed to Badie.
Morsi faces four other ongoing trials. He has denied the charges brought against him.
Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters have faced mass trials with tens having been sentenced to death in a wide-ranging crackdown on the Brotherhood.
In July 2013, Morsi, the country’s first democratically-elected president, was ousted in a military coup led by the former head of the armed forces and the current President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
The Egyptian government has been cracking down on any opposition since Morsi was ousted. Sisi has been accused of leading the suppression of Morsi supporters, as hundreds of them have been killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces over the past year.
The army’s crackdown on the supporters of Morsi has led to the deaths of more than 1,400 people and the arrest of 22,000 others, including some 200 people who have been sentenced to death in mass trials.
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