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Egypt upholds life sentences for 10 Muslim Brotherhood leaders

The Brotherhood members are serving life sentences related to a 2011 jailbreak.
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Egypt’s top appeals court on Sunday upheld the life sentences of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and nine other members of the banned Islamist group.

A Cairo criminal court found Badie and the others in 2019 responsible for the jailbreak at Wadi El-Natrun Prison during the 2011 uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak after 30 years in power. The prosecution accused the Brotherhood members of working with foreign militias including Hamas and Hezbollah to stir up chaos and overthrow the government. 

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