In US-Supported Egypt, 188 Protesters Are Sentenced to Die Days After Mubarak is Effectively Freed

Ever sincethen-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi led a coup against the country’s elected president, Mohamed Morsi, the coup regime has become increasingly repressive, brutaland lawless. Despite that, or perhaps because of it, the Obama administration has become increasingly supportive of the despotin Cairo, plyinghis regimewith massive amounts ofmoneyand weaponsand praising him (in the words of John Kerry) for “restoring democracy.” Following recent meetings with Sisi by Bill and Hillary Clint...