Egypt’s former president Mohammed Morsi gets death sentence
Cairo, May 16: A court in Egypt on Saturday awarded death sentence to former president Mohammed Morsi in connection with a mass prison break in 2011,BBC reported.
The former president was earlier given jail term for ordering the arrest and torture of protesters during his rule.
Egypt: Facts to know about jailed former president Mohammed Morsi
He
was
deposed
by
the
army
in
July
2013
following
mass
street
protests
against
his
rule.
The
first
democratically
elected
president
of
Egypt
Mohammed
Morsi
and
his
Muslim
Brotherhood
came
to
power
in
elections
after
Hosni
Mubarak's
ouster,
only
to
find
themselves
behind
bars
a
year
later
when
people
protested
against
them
for
their
atrocities.
Former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi gets 20 year jail term
They
were
overthrown
by
military
government
led
Abdel
Fattah
Saeed
Hussein
Khalil
el-Sisi.
He
lasted
only
one
year
in
power
before
being
ousted
by
the
military
on
3
July
2013.
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