An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to death for participating in a 2013 protest against the overthrow of the country's democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi
Senior members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood organisation were among those ordered executed by the Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday for their involvement with the sit-in demonstration at Rabaa Square in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
The rulings will be referred to Egypt's chief Islamic legal authority, the Grand Mufti, for a non-binding opinion. Egyptian law requires any capital sentence to be referred to the Grand Mufti before any execution can take place.
A final verdict is expected by September 8,2018
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