Public responses to Egypt's death sentences

Video clip showing responses of the families of some of those who were sentenced to death by an Egyptian court:

Commentator: Several cases of passing out and losing consciousness afflicted the relatives of some of those sentenced in the two cases. Others threw themselves on the pavement opposite to the court while weeping and crying.

First woman: My husband, my husband. They snatched him from home three months ago. He has nothing to do with the Muslim Brotherhood. He does not even pray.

A man: If they could come up with a photo of my brother or other evidence provided by town folks proving that he was there, I would not let them wait for the mufti’s decision. I would slit his throat by myself, so as for me to be the one who does it. But my brother is innocent. My brother is innocent.

Second woman: They have detained the poor, and they have executed the poor inside while those who perpetrated the crime are free.

Third woman: God is our refuge.

Commentator: As decided by the court in the Tmai case, there will be a retrial for those sentenced in absentia or if they get arrested by the police. The court also decided to reconvene on 21 June to pronounce sentences in the Al-Udwa Centre case whose defendants’ papers have been referred to the Mufti (that’s they’ve been given death sentences that await Mufti endorsement).