Michael Kappeler, picture alliance via Getty ImageHe is part of a cohort of Muslim Brotherhood leaders sentenced to jail terms.An Egyptian court has sentenced former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and several prominent figures from the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to lengthy jail terms on Sunday for disseminating false news and inciting against state institutions.
Also receiving a 15-year sentence was the Brotherhood’s former supreme guide Mahmoud Ezzat, who is already serving multiple life sentences on other charges. The groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, say the arrests and trials of the likes of Abul Fetouh and el-Kassas are part of a government crackdown on dissent that targeted not only Islamist political opponents but also pro-democracy activists, journalists and online critics.
The court in Cairo also sentenced Moaz el-Sharqawi to 10 years in prison on similar charges including membership in an outlawed group, the Muslim Brotherhood, which Egypt designated as a"terrorist" organisation in 2013.
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