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Sunday, 19 June 2016

Mohamed Morsi handed another prison term

Morsi handed another prison term: The domestic press, Reuters and the Associated Press are giving conflicting accounts of the sentence, but all agree that former president Mohamed Morsi has been handed a lengthy prison sentence for belonging to a banned group. Morsi was found not guilty of espionage, reports the Associated Press’ Hamza Hendawi (who enjoys a stellar reputation for accuracy), but six people, including two employees of Al-Jazeera, were sentenced to death for “allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the Doha-based TV network during the rule of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.” Reuters, however, reports that Morsi “was handed another life sentence on Saturday, after a court found him guilty of espionage and leaking state secrets.” Morsi and all other defendants can appeal their sentences to the Court of Cassation, effectively the nation’s highest appeals court.

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