An Egyptian court on Saturday resumed the trial of Mohammed Morsi and 131 others on charges of jailbreaks and attacks on police during the 2011 uprising but the defiant former President called on his followers to continue a “peaceful revolution”.
Prosecutors have charged the defendants with damaging and setting fire to prison buildings, murder and looting prison weapons depots while facilitating the escape of prisoners from the “Hamas movement, lebanon’s Hezbollah, jihadists, (Muslim) Brotherhood and other criminals”. But Morsi struck a defiant note during his appearance in Cairo Criminal Court, saying: “The revolution of the people won’t stop - continue your peaceful revolution.”
“The traitors will inevitably be betrayed,” the 62-year-old Islamist leader was quoted as saying by Egypt Independent. Morsi and the co-defendants are accused of invading 11 prisons, assaulting police and kidnapping four officers during the uprising that toppled long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak.