Thursday, May 8, 2014

Egyptian military court sentences Muslim Brotherhood members

According to this report on TurkishPress.com, an Egyptian military court has sentenced five leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood to prison for a year for attempted illegal border-crossing, trespassing in a military zone, and possession of ammunition.
It is the first time for Muslim Brotherhood members to be tried in a military court since the approval of an amended version of Egypt's 2012 constitution in a mid-January referendum.
It is the second military trial for civilians, however, since the amended charter was approved.
In April, a military court jailed four people from the pro-Brotherhood Rassd news network for "spreading rumors" about the army.

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