Mohammed Morsi on Trial

Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, is standing trial alongside 14 other senior figures from the Muslim Brotherhood (MB)

The court trying Mr Morsi has not yet presented an indictment list against him or the other defendants. However, the state-run weekly magazine, Al-Ahram Al-Arabi, said the defendants were being charged with inciting pro-Morsi supporters to kill and torture protesters outside the presidential palace on 5 December 2012.

At least 10 people died in the clashes. The Brotherhood claims most were Islamists.


The other defendants include -
former presidential and deputy presidential chief-of-staff
senior Brotherhood leaders Mohammed al-Beltagi and Essam el-Erian
 the recently-arrested deputy leader of the Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party

Defendants on Trial

• Mohammed Morsi - deposed Egyptian president
• Mohammed al-Beltagi - Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) secretary-general
• Ahmed Abdel Aati - head of Morsi's presidential office
• Assaad Sheikh - deputy chief of presidential staff
• Ayman Hodhod - adviser to Morsi
• Essam el-Erian - deputy head of the FJP
• Wagdi Ghonim - FJP cleric
• Alaa Hamza - Muslim Brotherhood member
• Abdel Rahman Ezz - Muslim Brotherhood member
• Ahmed al-Mogheer - Muslim Brotherhood member
• Gamal Saber - Salafist leader
• Four unnamed individuals

Separately, Mohammed Morsi is facing an ongoing inquiry into his escape from jail during the 2011 uprising against former President Hosni Mubarak and into claims that he conspired with the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, during the prison break.

With Mr Morsi in court, Egypt will have two former presidents on trial simultaneously. Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled in 2011, is being retried on charges that he too was complicit in the killings of protesters against his rule.

Mohammed Morsi and his co-defendants are being tried at the Police Academy in eastern Cairo. It is the venue where Hosni Mubarak is also being tried.

Mohammed Morsi was brought into the sprawling Police Academy compound by helicopter.As he entered the courtroom, Mohammed Morsi refused to remove his blue suit and put on the required white prison uniform

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After Mohammed Morsi's remarks and his refusal to wear a uniform, the judge adjourned the trial until January 8,2014

Mohammed Morsi is awaiting a medical report which will determine whether he will be sent to a cell or kept at the hospital