Egypt is a Police State: Senior Muslim Brotherhood Member Condemns New Mass Death Sentence for 683 | Democracy Now!
Egypt is a Police State: Senior Muslim Brotherhood Member Condemns New Mass Death Sentence for 683 | Democracy Now!
Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont has announced plans to block $650
million in military aid to Egypt after an Egyptian court sentenced to
death 683 alleged supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, including the
group’s spiritual leader, Mohammed Badie. Leahy, who chairs the Senate
subcommittee that oversees foreign aid, described the judicial
proceedings as a "sham trial." Leahy’s announcement comes a week after
the Obama administration said it would ease the suspension of military
aid to Egypt that followed the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi last
year. In another controversial move, an Egyptian court has banned the
April 6 movement, a pro-democracy group that played a key role in the
popular uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in 2011. We get an update on
these developments live from Cairo with Democracy Now! correspondent
Sharif Abdel Kouddous. We also speak with Mohamed Soudan, the exiled
foreign relations secretary of the Freedom and Justice Party, the
political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood.
