Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted from political office in July 2013, appeared in court in Cairo on Tuesday, encased in a soundproof glass box lined with metal bars. His microphone wasn't turned on very high, but he still managed to steal the spotlight in the little time he had.
"Who are you?" Morsi, clad in a white prison uniform, shouted at the judge, arms shaking and raised toward the ceiling. "Tell me!" This was Morsi's second court appearance since he lost power, but it won't be his last. After five hours, the trial was adjourned until Feb. 22, but Morsi will be back on Feb. 2 and Feb. 16 to face charges that he has conspired with foreign groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
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Morsi is on trial for charges related to breaking out of prison during the Egyptian revolution in late January 2011, according to the Associated Press. He is on trial with 130 others — some of whom were in the same courtroom on Tuesday — including members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the political party he belongs to, as well as members of the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, both of which the United States considers terrorist organizations.
Morsi rose to power along with a strong contingent of Muslim Brotherhood politicians in the wake of the bloody 2011 uprising that deposed Hosni Mubarak, who served as Egypt's president since 1981. Since Mubarak detested the Brotherhood, its members had largely kept their involvement under wraps for decades until their nation was ripe for revolution.
But their party's rise was short-lived. A new wave of violent clashes in 2013 between the Muslim Brotherhood and others, including the country's military, resulted more than 1,000 deaths. In July of that year, the military, which had supported Mubarak for many years, removed Morsi from his perch and has controlled Egypt ever since.
The other defendants in the trial chanted that their imprisonment was "invalid," and at one point, turned their backs to the court, according to the Associated Press. Security officials ordered the trial's live feed be cut after it became clear the defendants would not sit quietly, but Morsi continued to rant during the unaired parts, declaring he was still the country's rightful president. He made the same point in court last November.
The former Egyptian president is undergoing four trials simultaneously for charges ranging from treason to stealing chickens. Outside the courtroom, his supporters continue to protest his imprisonment as they clash with those who favor the military. On Jan. 25, the third anniversary of the revolution that brought down Mubarak, 54 Egyptian protesters were killed.
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