23 Brotherhood members sentenced to life in prison by Egypt courtA criminal court in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta convicted 23 Muslim Brotherhood members for acts of violence that broke out in 2013 and sentenced them to life in prison on Sunday. The 23 defendants were charged with creating chaos, rioting and disturbing public peace, in violence that took place in August, 2013, days after the dispersal of two encampments set up in support of former president Mohamed Mursi. The defendants include two members of the Muslim Brotherhood's guidance bureau, the group's highest decision-making body.
