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Sunday, September 9, 2018
On Saturday, 73 Egyptians were sentenced to death by hanging by Judge Hassan Farid for their part in a 2013 organized sit-in which turned violent at Rabaa square. Hundreds of protestors were killed by security forces, over 800 according to Amnesty International, while authorities claim over 40 security personnel were killed in the same incident.
The sit-in occurred a few weeks after Abdel El Sisi, the current president, took power in a military coup from Muslim Brotherhood president Mohammed Morsi.
Among those sentenced to death are senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders Essam al-Erian, Mohamed Beltagi, and Islamist preacher SafwatHigazi.
Since El Sisi officially took power in 2014, hundreds of alleged dissenters and political opponents have been sentenced to death for crimes ranging from belonging to an illegal organization to planning terrorist attacks, in Egypt’s effort to crack down on extremism.
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