Mohammed Mursi have to answer to the court again on Wednesday. It is the second part of a process-marathons. DC several times ex-president of Egypt could be sentenced to death. Here, some of the allegations of the prosecution sound highly questionable
Whether Mohammed Mursi will ever appear in court is unclear. In his last public appearance on 4 November had to be postponed the trial for riot in the courtroom. Mursi described the process at that time as farce. He promptly disappeared again behind bars.
The ten minutes before the court were the only time that the Egyptians Mursi got to face, since he was deposed and arrested in July 2013 by the military. Since then, a charge is made for the next against the former president and other leading Muslim Brotherhood . The Islamist movement has now been declared a terrorist organization and banned again . She was legalized shortly after the fall of Hosni Mubarak in 2011 .
But not only Islamists are arrested. Even others who are considered enemies of the military , were sentenced in recent months to drastic penalties. In recent weeks, all known secular democracy activists in 2011 , protests against Mubarak pushed forward , arrested or sentenced to prison on parole have been .
Finally, the award-winning activist Mona Saif was convicted of arson and vandalism to one year probation , although they denied the charge and you could not be detected action on Sunday . Even against a rag doll the prosecution has taken terrorist investigations .
Process in Egypt:Against Mursi hard accusations are made
Mohammed Mursi has to answer in three processes. In all three, the maximum penalty is death. In addition, risk of further processes for fraud and corruption. When to expect the first judgments, is not foreseeable. Specifically Mursi is accused of:
Incitement to murder: On Wednesday, Mursi and other leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood will have to answer for the riots that took place in front of the Presidential Palace in December 2012. At that time Mursi opponents were reared for a demonstration in front of the building. The Egyptian security forces did not intervene, watched media that time. The situation escalated, going off on each other as violent Mursi supporters and provocateurs in the camp of Mursi opponents. Some people were injured and at least ten dead.
Jailbreak and murder: on 28 January must explain why they exactly three years earlier escaped from prison on the day Mursi and other Muslim brothers. At that time, shortly after the start of mass demonstrations against Hosni Mubarak, Mursi and other leading Muslim Brothers were suddenly arrested. But then stormed on 28 January 2011 an angry mob several prisons. The prison doors were suddenly open, the prisoners were piled. It is unclear how it could have happened. A report of the U.S. magazine “Time” then came to the conclusion that perhaps Egypt’s military had triggered the current chaos by the mob opened the doors and let him have his way. In the chaos policemen to be killed. The prosecution alleges Mursi therefore propose as a those who escaped at the time, killing the security guards.
Conspiracy, treason and terrorism: since the 18th December is running a trial of Mursi and other Muslim brothers for treason. They are since 2005 a secret alliance with the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas, forged with Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah and have betrayed military secrets. Whether it was aim to undermine Egypt’s security and stability.
Process in Egypt:New constitution in the coming week
Egypt currently provides two ex-presidents at the same time in court, the on 3 July 2013 deposed Mohammed Mursi and on 11 February 2011 ousted Hosni Mubarak. The 85-year-old currently living in a military hospital in Cairo under house arrest.
Hosni Mubarak, a military had ruled the country for almost 20 years. Mursi was the first civilian and the first democratically elected president of the country. Currently, a transitional government conducts business. The real strong man is General Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi, the supreme commander of the military.
Next week is the 14th and 15 January be approved a new constitution by referendum. After that are re-scheduled parliamentary and presidential elections. Whether General Sisi will stand for election, is still open.
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