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Egypt’s Morsi verdict draws sharp criticism
Domestic and international criticism is growing of Egypt’s court ruling against former President Mohammed Morsi.
A court ruled on Saturday that the former president deserves the death penalty in connection with a mass prison break in 2011. The final sentence is expected on June 2nd.
Morsi became the country’s first democratically-elected president in 2012 after Hosni Mubarak was removed in the Arab Spring popular uprising. Morsi was ousted by a de facto coup in 2013.
An Islamic group which backs Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood, rejected the court’s ruling as unfair. They called for demonstrations against it.
Egyptian courts have handed down harsh verdicts against members of groups opposing President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s military-backed administration.
The international human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, denounced the court ruling as nothing but a charade based on null and void procedures.
The organization also said that the death penalty has become the Egyptian authorities’ favorite tool for purging political opposition.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has condemned Egypt, saying the country is turning back into ancient Egypt. Turkey had a friendly relationship with the country when Morsi was in office.
