Egyptian court upholds life sentence for 10 Islamists

Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohammed Badie waves from a defendants cage in a makeshift courtroom at the national police academy, in eastern Cairo, Egypt in May 2015 (AP Photo/Ahmed Omar)

Egypt’s highest appeals court has upheld the sentencing of 10 leaders of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, including the group’s head, to life imprisonment, the state-owned MENA news agency has reported.

In 2019, a Cairo criminal court found all 10, including the group’s Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, guilty of charges related to killing policemen and organising mass jail breaks during Egypt’s 2011 uprising. That revolt culminated in the ouster of long-time autocrat Hosni Mubarak.