After an Egyptian court sentenced more than 1,100 to death in the past five weeks, we get reaction from Mohamed Soudan, the exiled foreign relations secretary of the Freedom and Justice Party, which is the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. The three judges are under big pressure from the Egyptian intelligence to issue these kind of verdicts. It’s unbelievable verdicts. It’s against the humanity, Soudan says. The Egyptian judiciary seems to be a willing partner in state repression — it’s not acting whatsoever as a check on the executive, explains Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 20:47:51 +0000