Egyptian Court Sentences Mohammed Morsi to 20 Years Jail
After finding guilty charges with killings of protesters, a Cairo court has sentenced ex-President of Egypt President Mohamed Morsi and 12 other accused people to 20 years in jail.
Former Islamist president was found guilty on Tuesday, charges with authorizing security forces to make torture and arresting of protesters in conflicts in front of the presidential palace in December 2012. Mr. Morsi never convicted with death allegations of demonstrators that could have shown him face death penalty.
Serious accusations in three other cases faced by the 63-year-old Morsi as well as a charge which he passed intelligence to Qatar. Freedom and Justice Party’s an official and Muslim Brotherhood’s senior member, Mr. Mohammed Soudan believes trail was just a political drama.
Mr. Soudan described in statement that court ruling is supposed to be 100 percent a political decision, saying, “Morsi, his advisers and supporters who are accused in this case were victims … police and army officers watched as the opposition attacked the presidential palace,”
Soudan added in continued speech that 11 shot dead by police and army in which nine of them were supporters of former president “the verdict is a test for the protesters in the street” and as well trail for the international community.
An international human rights lawyer, Mr. Toby Cadman who also faced many legal cases in Egypt reported media that the test demonstrated prominently the politicization of Egypt’s judiciary. Cadman said more that court ruling supposed to be clear favor of the Sisi government and a show test against the Egypt’s first democratically elected leader.
Amnesty International also condemned the test and calling upon for release of former president and other who accused with other wrong charges.