2011 Jailbreak Charges labeled against Morsi

A judicial statement on Morsi’s detention has been formerly released following over a month since he was ousted from power. The former president is accused of having connived with Hamas militants, the Palestinian Army and Hezbollah to launch attacks on the country’s prison in 2011 freeing prisoners including Brotherhood leaders like him. Together with other Muslim brotherhood members they are accused of premeditated killing of police officers, soldiers and prisoners.

The order issued on early morning on Friday is the first official communication on Mr Morsi's judicial status since he was removed from power. Morsi has been ordered jailed for an initial 15 days.  The Islamist has been kept at an undisclosed location since his removal through bloodless military coup on 3rd July. Egypt’s military overthrew the country’s first ever fairly and democratically elected civilian president after days of mass demonstrations.  

The claims have been rubbished by the the Muslim Brotherhood described them as laughable. They added that what is shown makes the return of the old regime.

Ther is no statement from the co-accused parties regarding the judiciary’s claims that Morsi and his Muslim brotherhood colluded with foreign elements to break jails and release prisoners.

Mr Morsi's supporters are holding a mass rally in Cairo to show their dissatisfaction with the manner in which their beloved was removed and to demand his re-instating.  A counter demonstration is expected as this week, the head of the military Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, called for parallel mass demonstrations Friday to support the country's armed forces. He particularly called brotherhood's opponents to turn out to support the new government and protest what he called terrorism.

Following the bloodless coup, prosecution opened an investigation into allegations that Morsi and senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders fomented violence. However, the labeled charges disclosed on Friday are investigation into the jailbreak from Wadi-Natroun prison in the days after Egypt's 2011 revolution was initiated two weeks ago. It is alleged that during the incident, 19 Brotherhood members escaped from the prison, including Morsi.

Ever since the coup, several Muslim Brotherhood leaders have been arrested including eight leading Freedom and Justice Party icons.  Muslim brotherhood spokesman said that the arrests were politically motivated and unlawful.

Meanwhile UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon has called for the unconditional immediate release of Morsi and other apprehended leaders or that their cases be expedited transparently delay.