Senior Brotherhood figure says Mursi trial "nail in coffin" of democracy
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood said the trial of Egypt's former president Mohamed Mursi, sentenced to 25 years in prison on Tuesday, had "fallen below all international standards". "This verdict is a nail in the coffin of democracy in Egypt," Yahya Hamid, a former minister in Mursi's cabinet and head of international relations for the Brotherhood, told a news conference in Istanbul. (Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Andrew Heavens)