Morsi, Egyptians Ex leader has being sentenced to death together with 100 others for a mass prison break on 2011. Morsi who was currently serving a 20-year prison term for ordering the arrest and torture of protesters while in power. Morsi who escaped from Wadi Natroun prison in January 2011, was accused of colluding with foreign militants in a plot to free Islamists during the mass prison breaks.

Many of his 104 co-defendants were Palestinians accused of being members of militant group Hamas, and were charged in absentia.

The court also issued rulings on another case, sentencing 16 Muslim Brotherhood members, including deputy leader Khairat al-Shater, to death on spying charges.
Morsi, who also faces espionage charges, will be issued a verdict in that case at a later date.
Morsi was Egypt’s first freely elected president, but protests began building less than a year into his rule when he issued a decree granting himself far-reaching powers.

The armed forces, led by then-military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, ousted Morsi in July 2013.
In May 2014, Mr Sisi became president after securing a landslide victory in presidential elections with a turnout of 46%.
Amr Darrag, a former minister in Morsi’s government, described Saturday 16th as “one of the darkest days” in Egypt’s history.

He said in a statement “These latest charges are another deeply disturbing attempt to permanently erase democracy and the democratic process in Egypt”.
Meanwhile,The death sentence was also condemned by Amnesty International, which said it had become a tool “to purge the political opposition”, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who likened it to a return to “ancient Egypt”.

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