Overall, civilian courts have handed down more than 1,000 death sentences since Egypt’s military overthrew Morsi in July 2013. The profiles of the “convicts” raise eyebrows: Emad Shahin, for example, is a world-renowned academic who has taught at Harvard and the American University in Cairo;
埃及军方2013年7月推翻穆尔西以来，民事法庭总共宣判了1,000多起死刑判决。被“定罪”者名单令人侧目：比如，沙欣（Emad Shahin）是世界著名学者、哈佛大学和开罗美利坚大学（American University）教授；阿塞姆（Sondos Asem）是前途无量的年轻学者和政治活动家。