The International Criminal Court has rejected a petition by the Muslim Brotherhood against a death sentence ruled against its Supreme Guide, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Cabinet spokesperson Hossma Qawhish told al-Hayat satellite channel on Tuesday that the ICC rejected the petition against the ruling by the Minya Criminal Court on Monday that sentenced the Brotherhood's top leader Mohamed Badie and 682 others to death over charges of inciting violence and policemen murder last year.
Qawish said the court decision was made as it becomes obvious "that what the group and its supporters do serves the interests of terrorism," which, he said, prompted many countries to support Egypt's transitional roadmap.
Several Western countries, however, including the United States and the EU, have spoken out against the mass death sentence, saying that it challenges the democratic transition as it does not assure a fair trail for all of the defendants.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
