Egyptian Court Pronounced Death Sentences on Morsi and 100 Others

 

An Egyptian court has pronounced death sentences on ousted president Mohammed Morsi and over 100 others people for having hands in mass prisons break in 2011.

Morsi  is already serving a 20-year prison term for ordering the arrest and torture of protesters while in power. 

Meanwhile, Egypt's religious authorities will have to give their opinion before the sentence can be carried out.

Morsi's supporters from his Muslim Brotherhood movement have described the charges against him as "farcical".

He was deposed by the military in July 2013 following mass street protests against his rule.

Since then, the authorities have banned the Muslim Brotherhood and arrested thousands of his supporters.