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Egypt: Retrial ordered in mass death penalty case
Source: BBC
24 January 2015 Last updated at 14:46 GMT
Egypt: Retrial ordered in mass death penalty case
A court in Egypt has ordered a retrial for 37 Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to death over an attack on a police station in 2013.
They were among more than 500 backers of ousted President Mohammed Morsi sentenced to death in a mass trial.
Most of the death penalties were later commuted to life in prison. A retrial was also ordered for 115 other defendants sentenced to life.
The two-day trial and its outcome had drawn international condemnation.
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Egypt: Retrial ordered in mass death penalty case
A court in Egypt has ordered a retrial for 37 Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to death over an attack on a police station in 2013.
They were among more than 500 backers of ousted President Mohammed Morsi sentenced to death in a mass trial.
Most of the death penalties were later commuted to life in prison. A retrial was also ordered for 115 other defendants sentenced to life.
The two-day trial and its outcome had drawn international condemnation.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30966931
