Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Egypt refers Muslim Brotherhood members for mass criminal tribunal
[JURIST] Egypt's Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat [Egypt Independent profile] on Monday referred 504 members of the Muslim Brotherhood [party website; JURIST news archive] for a mass trial. The members are accused of a variety of crimes [AP report] stemming from the Day of Rage clashes on August 16, which resulted in 95 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The Muslim Brotherhood was banned [JURIST report] by the Egyptian government in September, and Barakat has called the Muslim Brotherhood a "terrorist organization"...
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