An Egyptian judge has sentenced 683 men to death in the country’s latest mass trial. They were condemned to death on charges of killing a policeman last August despite many of the defendants in both trials say they were not present during the attacks reports The Guardian.
In a similar but separate case, the same judge then upheld the death sentences of 37 of 529 men he ordered to hang in an earlier trial, bringing the total number of death sentences to 720.
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Lawyers and human rights campaigners from afar have condemned the verdict, criticizing that the sentences resulted from rushed proceedings that infringed basic local and international law. The European Union’s foreign policy chief said Egypt’s
sentencing breached international law and urged Cairo authorities to ensure defendants’ rights to a fair and timely trial.
But in Egypt the outcry has not been universal. Many saw the 529 death sentences as a fitting revenge on the Brotherhood, who are blamed for a wave of militancy across Egypt in recent months.
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