{"id":46706,"date":"2014-01-28T15:22:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T13:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=46706"},"modified":"2014-01-28T15:22:34","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T13:22:34","slug":"egypt-mohamed-morsi-inside-the-cage-is-being-tried-breaking-news-46706","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/egypt-mohamed-morsi-inside-the-cage-is-being-tried-breaking-news-46706\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt: Mohamed Morsi inside the cage is being tried \/ Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Muslim Brothers president Mohamed Morsi has gone on trial charged with breaking out of prison during the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak.<\/h1>\n

He and some 130 others, including members of his banned Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas and Lebanon’s Shia militant group Hizbollah, have been charged over the jailbreak.<\/p>\n

Some of the defendants have been accused of murdering police officers and assisting the thousands of inmates who escaped from Wadi Natrun jail.<\/p>\n

Mr Morsi flew by helicopter from his current prison in Alexandria to the hearing which is being held at a heavily guarded makeshift courtroom in eastern Cairo.<\/p>\n

The Islamist leader, who faces two other trials, was deposed by the army in July following massive popular protests against his one-year rule.<\/p>\n

The hearing came as senior Egyptian official General Mohamed Saeed was assassinated outside his home in Cairo by two gunmen.<\/p>\n

The powerful military is backing army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al Sisi to run for the presidency after he led the ousting of Egypt’s first democratically elected president.<\/p>\n

Morsi’s trial takes place amid government crackdown against the former leader and his Islamist supporters that has seen more than 1,400 people killed since he was deposed, according to Amnesty International.<\/p>\n

Most of those killed have been pro-Morsi demonstrators in street clashes with police and his opponents.<\/p>\n

The date of the start of the new trial is symbolic as Tuesday marks the third anniversary of the prison break that occurred during the uprising against Hosni Mubarak.<\/p>\n

A Brotherhood lawyer has said the trial appears aimed at “denigrating” Morsi and the Brotherhood.<\/p>\n

In an earlier court appearance, Morsi insisted he was still the country’s legitimate president and challenged the legitimacy of the court, regularly interrupting the judges and prosecutors.<\/p>\n

He faces charges in four separate trials, some of which carry the death penalty.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, state news agency Mena reported that gunmen blew up a natural gas pipeline Monday night in the volatile Sinai Peninsula south of el-Arish, the capital of the North Sinai governorate.<\/p>\n

Gas pipelines have come under attacks several times since the 2011 downfall of Mubarak with the last attack took place 10 days ago.<\/p>\nError, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 13)<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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