683 more sentenced to die in Egypt

Outrageous: Egypt issues another mass death sentence

Stop this mass execution. Today an Egyptian court sentenced to death the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and 682 other people in a trial lasting only minutes. Take action and urge Egyptian authorities to overturn the death sentences immediately and order fair retrials. Dear Tracy, In a lightning-fast trial, the same Egyptian judge who originally sentenced 528 Egyptians to death ordered 683 more to be executed – including the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. This new verdict is the harshest Amnesty has recently documented anywhere in the world. The speed and scale of these back-to-back mass convictions underscores how arbitrary the Egyptian judicial system has become following the military-led government's crackdown on political dissent. Please take action and urge Egyptian Authorities to overturn the mass sentence and order fair retrials. At the same time as ruling on the latest case, the judge reconfirmed death sentences for 37 people in the previous case involving 528 Egyptians. He imposed terms of life in prison for the 491 other individuals. This is a human rights debacle -- repression on an industrial scale. But despite this, the Obama Administration is still putting dangerous arms in the hands of the Egyptian government. In both sets of trials, many defendants were tried in absentia with no witnesses called and no review of the evidence. Help us pressure Egyptian authorities. We must ensure they are aware of condemnation from around the world. Take action now. Thank you for your urgent action – to help overturn the conviction, order fair retrials, and demand justice for all Egyptians. In solidarity, Sunjeev Bery Director, Middle East and North Africa Amnesty International USA