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Egypt: 180 sentenced to death in June alone

July 8, 2014 at 11:49 am

Some 180 people were sentenced to death in Egypt in June, according to a report issued by the Egyptian Observatory of Rights and Freedoms.

The monthly report spoke of the court rulings issued against the opponents of the current regime in Egypt under the heading “unfair rulings, justice lacking”.

The report pointed out that the total number of convictions during June alone exceeded 1,700 people, 941 of whom were given prison sentences, 760 were acquitted, and 180 were given the death penalty.

In total those found guilty were given sentences amount to 5,319 years in prison, while bail payments reached 294,000 Egyptian pounds ($41,000), in addition to the more than five million Egyptian pounds ($0.7 million) in fines.

Since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, security services have arrested thousands of Muslim Brotherhood members and opponents of the coup, mostly during peaceful protests.

Some 682 pro-Morsi demonstrators were given the death penalty including the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie.