Former Egyptian president and leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Mursi, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the killing of protesters in 2012. Mursi, the first freely elected president in Egypt, was indicted along with twelve other men. Groups such as Amnesty International have condemned the ruling as a "travesty of justice" and are demanding that Mursi and the others be retried according to international standards due to the perceived influence of the military on the judiciary system. While the United States has not been completely supportive of the verdict, the government has not outwardly disapproved the decision, due to Egypt's strategic position as a Middle Eastern ally of the US. Egypt is still in a tenuous situation, with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi now president after staging a military coup against Mursi in 2013. Since then, the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood has diminished and more members are being charged for similar crimes.
Kevin McMahon
http://news.yahoo.com/tasting-power-former-egyptian-president-mursi-awaits-sentencing-042939145.html
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