An Egyptian military court has sentenced 11 Muslim Brotherhood members to life in prison for violence targeting the army in the port city of Suez last month.<\/p>\n
Forty-five other Brotherhood members were handed five-year jail terms on Tuesday, and eight defendants were acquitted.<\/p>\n
The men were accused of “shooting and adopting violent means” against the army in Suez on August 14 following a military crackdown in the streets of Cairo against supporters of the ousted President Mohamed Morsi.<\/p>\n
Morsi belonged to the Brotherhood movement.<\/p>\n
The Brotherhood was founded in 1928 and formally dissolved by Egypt’s army rulers in 1954.<\/p>\n
The Brotherhood operated for decades as a formally outlawed organisation until veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak was deposed in 2011.<\/p>\n
The movement then won a series of elections culminating in last year’s presidential vote.<\/p>\n
The military deposed Morsi on July 3 after mass protests against his rule.<\/p>\n
Since then, most of the Brotherhood’s top leadership has been arrested and face charges of inciting violence. Morsi was himself referred to trial on Sunday on that charge.<\/p>\n
Source: Al Jazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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