The leader of the Muslim Broherhood in Egypt has been sentenced to death, along with 13 others.
A court in Cairo said Mohammed Badie and the other members of the Muslim Brotherhood were guilty of planning attacks against the state and confirmed the death sentence.
US-Egyptian citizen Mohamed Soltan was sentenced to life imprisonment for supporting the organisation, which is proscribed in Egypt, and for "transmitting false news.
Earlier this year prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah was jailed for 5 years for breaking a law that forbids unauthorised protests from being organised.
Egyptian activist sentenced to 5 years in jail (23 February 2015)