et Guide: 10 facts about MB Guidance Bureau Events case

CAIRO – 22 June 2018: The Cairo Criminal Court will resume the retrial of the Supreme Guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (MB), Mohammed Badie, Mohamed el-Beltagy, and 11 others on Wednesday, in the case publically known as the “Guidance Bureau Events”.

Egypt Today has summarized the 10 most important facts about this case as follows:

1. Court circuit no. (11) under the chairmanship of Counselor Mohamed Sherin Fahmy is in charge of the case since the retrial was approved by the Court of Cassation in January 2016.
2. On June 30 and July 1, 2013, clashes took place outside the group's headquarters in Mokkatam district in Cairo.
3. The clashes were between protests against then-President Mohamed Morsi, who hails from the Brotherhood.
4. The clashes’ death toll stood at 12, with more than 90 injured.
5. The prosecution accused Badie and other MB leaders of inciting violence against peaceful protesters, in addition to providing unidentified assailants with weapons, ammunition and explosives to fire from their bureau at the protesters.
6. On Feb. 25, 2015, Badie, al-Shater, el-Beltagy, Akef, el-Katatni and nine others were sentenced to life imprisonment and four defendants were sentenced to death, which was overturned after the appeal of the convicts of the first trial.
7. The first session of the retrial was held on June 20, 2016.
8. The jury convened 31 times to this day.
9. The last session was held last Tuesday, June 19, 2018, when the court decided to adjourn the case until June 27.
10. Egypt listed the Brotherhood as a terrorist group in Dec., 2013, and accused it of being behind the wave of militancy which has targeted security personnel since July 2013.