Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Egypt's Court of Cassation on Tuesday overturned a death sentence against deposed President Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered a retrial.

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Morsi was sentenced to death in June 2015 in connection with a mass jail break during the country's 2011 uprising.

The first president to be democratically elected after the 2011 revolt, Morsi was overthrown in mid-2013 by general-turned-president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi following mass protests against him.

Morsi was immediately arrested after he was overthrown. He then received lengthy jail sentences related to other charges, including two high-profile espionage cases. Tuesday's court ruling means he no longer faces execution.

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(WION with inputs from Reuters)