Morsi’s trial resumes in Egypt
3 Feb 2014 3:38 AM IST
Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has arrived in court in the capital, Cairo, for the resumption of one of the four trials against him. Morsi and 14 other figures from the Muslim Brotherhood are charged with inciting the killing of protesters near the presidential palace in 2012.
At a hearing in another trial four days ago, a defiant Morsi shouted that he was still the legitimate president.
He was deposed by the army last year after huge crowds rallied against him. He is now facing four separate criminal trials on various charges.
They are (a) inciting supporters to commit violence and murder as they tried to break up an opposition protest in Cairo in December 2012; (b) conspiring with foreign organisations to commit terrorist acts, with prosecutors accusing Morsi of forming an alliance with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah; (c)murdering prison officers in a jailbreak in 2011 during the uprising against the then-President Hosni Mubarak and; (d) insulting the judiciary.
Morsi’s Islamist supporters say the charges against him are politically motivated, although officials insist the trials are free and fair.
At a hearing in another trial four days ago, a defiant Morsi shouted that he was still the legitimate president.
He was deposed by the army last year after huge crowds rallied against him. He is now facing four separate criminal trials on various charges.
They are (a) inciting supporters to commit violence and murder as they tried to break up an opposition protest in Cairo in December 2012; (b) conspiring with foreign organisations to commit terrorist acts, with prosecutors accusing Morsi of forming an alliance with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah; (c)murdering prison officers in a jailbreak in 2011 during the uprising against the then-President Hosni Mubarak and; (d) insulting the judiciary.
Morsi’s Islamist supporters say the charges against him are politically motivated, although officials insist the trials are free and fair.
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