It is harder for the United States to have any moral persuasion when we still have the death penalty. There hasn’t, however, been much attention on this issue by the media or our government even concerning the rule of law. This is not a matter of personal diplomacy, but one of declaring what is appropriate for a constitutional democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and what is not.
- VoA - Egypt equates political dissent with terrorism
Egypt is following the example of Saudi Arabia by “making dissent a terrorist crime,” something Jordan is also planning to do. Indeed Saudi pressure – expressed through billions of dollars in economic aid to Egypt – may have had something to do with Egypt’s decision late last year to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. Saudi Arabia has also designated the Brotherhood a terrorist group.
- Egypt Court Sentences 528 Morsi Supporters to Death
- Muslim Brotherhood trials
- Egypt court adjourns Morsi murder trial
- Egypt ajourns Rabaa trial
- A quarter of Rabaa victims shot from behind
- International NYT articles on Muslim Brotherhood
- DEATH SENTENCES IN EGYPT ‘MOCKERY OF JUSTICE’
