Sunday, April 14, 2013

Two Muslim Brotherhood officials face trial for kidnapping and torture during Nov. 2012 protests

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4/14/13, "Brotherhood members face torture charge in Egypt," AP via Houston Chronicle

"Two Muslim Brotherhood officials have been sent to trial on charges of kidnapping and torturing three men during protests in November following Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's decrees, since rescinded, that granted him near absolute powers.

The case in the Nile Delta city of Damanhour north of Cairo is the first of its kind against Morsi's Brotherhood and is likely to embarrass the group at a time it is trying to fend off opposition charges of monopolizing power in the deeply polarized country."...


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