Factbox - Egypt's trials of Mursi, Muslim Brotherhood leaders


  • World
  • Tuesday, 21 Apr 2015

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, to 20 years in jail on charges of inciting the killing of protesters in Cairo in December 2012.

The case is part of a wide crackdown on Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood movement, launched after the army overthrew Mursi in mid-2013 following mass protests against his rule.

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