Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
There were already 5xx sentenced to death about a month ago or so, but their sentences were now turned into life in prison.
Of course it's ridiculous, they are all blamed for the deaths of 2 policemen during some protest or so.
Most of them will probably be out in a few years tops, and I see it as highly unlikely that the death sentences will actually be carried out. Heck, if they did, it would be a massacre.

Still, the message sent by the government is crystal clear. They have not come to protect Egyptian democracy from the Brotherhood, they have come to spread terror and crush any resistance mercilessly, old-school style.

One would think that the good ol' days of the Cold War despots were at an end as they can no longer find a strong ally in the US or USSR; sadly it seems we won't be rid of these imbeciles for some time yet.