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The month-long rally culminated with massive violence when Egyptian security forces – under the leadership of current president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi – attempted to whitewash thousands of protesters. armored personnel carriers and military bulldozers.
Government actions have been widely condemned by international rights organizations. According to a 2014 Human Rights Watch report, at least 817 people were killed in the violence.
The 75 defendants sentenced to death on Saturday are accused of "attacking citizens, resisting the authorities, destroying public buildings and firearms and Molotov". According to Ahram Online,
the convicts include Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and prominent members Essam El-Erian, Mohamed El-Beltagy and Wagdy Ghoneim, Ahram reported.
Government pursues 739 people for protests
Before the verdict can be finalized and death sentences are handed down, the Egyptian Penal Code requires the Grand Mufti, the country's main Islamic authority, to have a life sentence. he emits a religious opinion on the subject, according to Ahram. The opinion of the Grand Mufti is non-binding but rarely ignored.
A criminal court will deliver its final verdict on death sentences on September 8, Ahram reported, but defendants will have the right to appeal.
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