Message to Sisi from relatives of Egypt's mass trial defendants


  • World
  • Wednesday, 21 May 2014

MINYA Egypt (Reuters) - Relatives of Egyptians sentenced to death in recent mass trials are urging former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, days before an election he is expected to win, to save their loved ones as proof of his commitment to justice.

In April, a judge in the southern governorate of Minya condemned to death the leader of Islamist organisation the Muslim Brotherhood and 682 supporters in connection with the killing of a policeman after the briefest of trials.

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