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| Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie appears in court | Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie appears in court |
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| The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has appeared in court for the first time since his arrest in August. | The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has appeared in court for the first time since his arrest in August. |
| Mohammed Badie was seized along with other Brotherhood figures after the Egyptian army ousted the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July. | Mohammed Badie was seized along with other Brotherhood figures after the Egyptian army ousted the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July. |
| Hundreds of Mr Morsi's supporters were killed in clashes following the ousting. | Hundreds of Mr Morsi's supporters were killed in clashes following the ousting. |
| Mr Badie, who is the movement's General Guide, denied the Brotherhood had acted violently . | Mr Badie, who is the movement's General Guide, denied the Brotherhood had acted violently . |
| He is facing charges of inciting violence and murder over the deaths of eight anti-Brotherhood protesters outside the movement's headquarters in Cairo. | He is facing charges of inciting violence and murder over the deaths of eight anti-Brotherhood protesters outside the movement's headquarters in Cairo. |
| Mr Badie was in court in Cairo along with other Brotherhood figures. | Mr Badie was in court in Cairo along with other Brotherhood figures. |
| He asked why the death of his son and the burning down of Brotherhood offices were not being investigated instead. | He asked why the death of his son and the burning down of Brotherhood offices were not being investigated instead. |
| Mr Badie was a prominent figure at the Brotherhood's protest camps in Cairo, but went into hiding as the military-backed interim government increased its efforts to shut down the protests. | Mr Badie was a prominent figure at the Brotherhood's protest camps in Cairo, but went into hiding as the military-backed interim government increased its efforts to shut down the protests. |
| His 38-year-old son Ammar was killed in the protests. | His 38-year-old son Ammar was killed in the protests. |
| In a separate case, Egyptian prosecutors referred the secular activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and 24 others for trial. | |
| They are accused of breaking Egypt's new laws against protests by demonstrating without permission last month. | |
| Mr Fattah was prominent in the 2011 uprising that toppled long-time authoritarian ruler Hosni Mubarak. |