Former Egyptian President Morsy sentenced to 20 years

Mohamed Morsy went from prison to the presidency. And now he's going back to prison. The ousted President was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday on charges of inciting violence and facilitating the killing and torturing of protesters outside the presidential palace in December 2012.
The verdict is subject to appeal.
Morsy stood trial with 14 co-defendants, including some of his presidential staff. Morsy, who became Egypt's first democratically elected President in June...

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11 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Apr

683 Morsy supporters sentenced to death

>An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 682 other alleged Islamists to death today, a lawyer and prosecutor said, after two brief sessions the defence partly boycotted.

 

10 years ago

Vijimambo

Egypt's former President Mohamed Morsy given death sentence in jailbreak case

Ousted former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy was sentenced to death Saturday in a Cairo court. He had been convicted in a 2011 prison break.Morsy's name will be passed to the Grand Mufti, along with those of more than 100 other defendants, for the confirmation of the death sentence on June 2. The Grand Mufti is the highest legal authority in Egypt. This was the harshest sentence that Morsy could have expected to receive in the case. He will be able to appeal the sentence. The leader of the...

 

11 years ago

Daily News

08 Jun

Rapist sentenced to 30 years

Rapist sentenced to 30 years
Daily News
NKASI District Court in Rukwa Region has sentenced a resident of Katongolo Village along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Martin Misala (20) to 30 years in jail after he was found guilty of assaulting and raping a 16-year old girl. Reading the judgment on ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Oct

S.African king sentenced to 12 years in prison

The king of Nelson Mandela's Thembu ethnic group was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in jail for torching homes, beating people and kidnapping a family in an supposed attempt to discipline them.

 

9 years ago

Bongo5

22 Dec

Ugandan sentenced to 5 years in jail for getting pregnant in Kuwait

A Ugandan woman named Nambi Fatumah has been sentenced to 5 years in prison together with her baby in Kuwait for getting pregnant outside marriage.

According to the chairperson of the Association of Ugandans living in Asian and Arab countries, Ali Nusbuga, Fatumah was produced to court a few months ago and would have been saved from the verdict had the government and Human Rights bodies intervened.

He said that much it breaks the law in Kuwait for a woman that is not married to get...

 

5 years ago

Al Jazeera English

11 Mar

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in landmark #MeToo case

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in landmark #MeToo case  Al Jazeera EnglishHarvey Weinstein jailed for 23 years in rape trial  BBC NewsOpinion: What will Weinstein's sentencing mean for #MeToo?  DW (English)Weinstein Appealed to Bezos and Bloomberg for Help, Documents Show  The New York TimesJennifer Aniston 'should be killed': Weinstein's rage laid bare in unsealed court documents  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

01 Mar

Rwandan musician sentenced to 10 years for anti-govt plot

>A Rwandan court on Friday sentenced popular musician Kizito Mihigo to 10 years in prison for conspiracy against the government of strongman President Paul Kagame.

 

9 years ago

NAIJ.COM

14 Nov

Nigerian Pastor Sentenced To 30 Years In Jail Over Drug Case

NAIJ.COM
Nigerian Pastor Sentenced To 30 Years In Jail Over Drug Case
NAIJ.COM
A Tanzanian high court on Friday, November 13, sentenced a Nigerian pastor, Chukwudi Okechukwu to 30 years in prison after being convicted of smuggling cocaine. In his ruling, Judge Amir Mruma ordered that the accused be jailed along his compatriots, ...
Lord's Chosen Pastor Bags 30 Years Jail Term In Tanzania For Allegedly ...Information Nigeria
Nigerian Preacher Jailed in Drug CaseAllAfrica.com
Nigerian Pastor Jailed...

 

11 years ago

BBC

Sisi declared new Egyptian president

Ex-army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi urges Egyptians to work to restore stability after being declared the winner of last week's presidential election.

 

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