Court overturns ousted Egyptian leader Morsi’s life term and orders retrial
22 November 2016 - 14:36
Cairo — Egypt’s Court of Cassation overturned deposed President Mohamed Morsi’s life sentence on Tuesday. The court also ordered a retrial in the case, which involves accusations of espionage with Palestinian group Hamas. Last week, the court overturned Morsi’s death sentence Morsi in another case so he no longer faces execution. Democratically elected after the 2011 uprising, Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was overthrown and arrested in mid-2013 by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi following mass protests against his rule. He remains in jail on an espionage conviction. Reuters
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