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Egyptian Court Annuls Death Sentences Against Muslim Brotherhood Members

© AP Photo / Amr NabilMuslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohammed Badie, wearing a red jumpsuit that designates he has been sentenced to death, is greeted by other group members at the defendants cage in a makeshift courtroom at the Torah prison, southern Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohammed Badie, wearing a red jumpsuit that designates he has been sentenced to death, is greeted by other group members at the defendants cage in a makeshift courtroom at the Torah prison, southern Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The Cairo Cassation Court accepted on Thursday an appeal against capital punishment for 12 members of the Muslim Brotherhood Islamist movement, local media reported.

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CAIRO (Sputnik) In early April, an Egyptian court handed death sentences to several members of the Brotherhood including its leader Mohammed Badie for allegedly planning attacks against the state. Some 30 movement activists were given a life sentence.

According to Egyptian Streets news website, the previous ruling had not been overturned, but the retrial of the case of Badie and other Islamist leaders would be held.

Following a string of mass protests in July 2013, the Egyptian military ousted President Mohammed Morsi and declared the Muslim Brotherhood movement, led by him, to be illegal.

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