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Egyptian death sentence for soccer fans puts president’s iron grip to the test

Egyptian death sentence for soccer fans puts president’s iron grip to the test

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Apr 19, 2015
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By James M. Dorsey

Egyptian-general-turned-president Abdel Fattah al Sisi’s iron grip on dissident is likely to be put to the test with the sentencing to death of 11 soccer fans for involvement in a politically loaded football brawl three years ago that left 74 militant supporters of storied Cairo club Al Ahli SC dead.

The brawl and the subsequent sentenc…

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