Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's death sentence confirmed

Mohamed Morsi
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An Egyptian court has confirmed former President Mohamed Morsi's death sentence in a case related to the 2011 Wadi el-Natrun prison break that helped bring him to power. Senior Muslim cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi was also sentenced to death, along with 80 others in absentia.

President Morsi was handed a death sentence in May. An Islamist and member of the Muslim Brotherhood, he had previously been sentenced to life in prison on charges of spying for Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, and to 20 years in prison for ordering the arrest and torture of protesters in December 2012.

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