Cape Town - Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had contradicted his claims of building a new democracy by sentencing deposed president Mohamed Morsi and just over 100 others to death said United States-based non-profit Freedom House on Monday.
“The death sentence shows that President al-Sisi’s government regards every critic and opposition figure as a dire threat, which is the radicalising, self-defeating policy of dictatorships,” said Mark P. Lagon, president of Freedom House.
“Al-Sisi is making a mockery of any claim that he is building democracy. The sentence against Morsi is a gross abuse of political rights.”
A Cairo court sentenced the former Egyptian leader and just over 100 of his defenders to death on Saturday.
The sentencing would be referred to Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam, the country’s highest legal authority, for final confirmation which was expected on June 2.
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