US blacklists Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as ‘terrorist’ group
Trump administration accuses the group of receiving support from Iran and carrying out violence against civilians.
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Trump administration accuses the group of receiving support from Iran and carrying out violence against civilians.
![Earlier this year, Amnesty International slammed Egypt's 'significant spike' in recorded executions, which saw a more than threefold rise to 107 last year, from 32 in 2019 [File: Khaled Desouki/ AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/000_1OX2CJ.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
The group’s leader, Mohamed Badie, was among those convicted on charges related to Egypt’s 2011 uprising.
The Austrian authorities’ moves towards banning ‘political Islam’ and criminalising the Brotherhood are ill-conceived.
Court decision marks end of a trial linked to a mass killing by security forces at a sit-in in Cairo in 2013.
Court finds Mahmoud Ezzat, acting supreme guide of the country’s oldest Islamist organisation, guilty of ‘terror’ acts.
The man, who appeared to be complaining about rampant government corruption, is being treated for burns, sources said.
Mahmoud Ezzat, the group’s acting leader, arrested in the capital Cairo, interior ministry says.
Acting Brotherhood leader Ezzat has already been handed two death sentences in absentia, as well as life imprisonment.
Essam el-Erian had complained of medical negligence in detention after being sentenced to several life sentences.
Zyad Elelaimy, a key figure of Egypt’s 2011 popular uprising, and Ramy Shaath, a prominent activist added to list.
The UN rights office demands investigation into Morsi’s death as people across the Middle East mourn the ex-president.
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