[HIGHLIGHTS] The Brotherhood’s guide and 7 of the group’s leaders were sentenced to death in Egypt

An exceptional court in Egypt sentenced to death the guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, and seven of the group’s leaders. They were convicted of organizing violent acts for “terrorist purposes” during a sit-in in Cairo in 2013.

The Brotherhood describes the rulings against its members and leaders as “vindictive and unjust,” and considered the rulings issued “lacking the lowest levels of credibility, and devoid of justice and integrity” Human rights organizations criticized the death sentences issued by the Egyptian judiciary against dissidents.