Death penalty for 75 Islamists Egypt

cairo - An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to the death penalty for their involvement in an action in 2013 for the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. Among the convicts are the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood Essam al-Erian and Mohamed Beltag. The prominent Islamist clergyman Safwat Higazi also awaits the death penalty, reported legal sources in Cairo.

In 2013, the army deposed the Islamic president Mohamed Mursi. Mursi had occurred from the Muslim Brotherhood.

After a declaration of support for the Muslim Brotherhood for which the 75 Islamists were convicted, hundreds of people died.