Former president is latest Muslim Brotherhood member to face execution
- Egyptian court sentenced former president Mohamed Mursi to death
- Charges relate to prison break in 2011
- Muslim Brotherhood member was ousted from power in 2013
Former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi has been sentenced to death for his involvement in a mass prison break in 2011.
Egypts Grand Mufti will now be asked for his opinion on the death sentence. The verdict is then open for appeal.
The death penalty follows Mursi being sentenced in late April to 20 years in prison over the death of protesters in 2012.
The sentenced follows the leader of the brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, being sentenced to death in mid-April. Hundreds of other death sentences have been handed out to brotherhood supporters since Mursi was removed in July 2013 following mass street protests against his rule.
The 15 key moments leading to Mohamed Mursis downfall
Hopes were high following the ousting of former President Hosni Mubarak that Egypt would transition to become an inclusive democracy.
But Mohamed Mursi lasted only a year as the first democratically elected president of Egypt. MEED traces the key events leading up to his election, and the decisions that resulted in public opinion, and that of the military, turning against him and eventually leading to his removal from office.
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