Al-Beltagy, Hegazy on trial for 2011 torture case
Influential Islamist leaders accused of torture in Tahrir Square
Influential Islamist leaders accused of torture in Tahrir Square
Giza court finds the pair guilty of harbouring FJP head Beltagy
Beltagy and controversial imam and Muslim Brotherhood supporter Safwat Hegazy appeared in court in Cairo’s Tora Prison for the torture of two police officers at a pro-Mohamed Morsi sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adaweya Mosque in Nasr City.
Prosecution claims prominent Muslim Brotherhood members created a ‘militant group’
Defence teams has asked the bench to recuse itself