Egyptian Death Sentence for Soccer Fans Puts President's Iron Grip to the Test
Category: SPORTS
Egyptian-general-turned-president Abdel Fattah al Sisi's iron grip on dissident is likely to be put to the test with the sentencing to death of 11 soccer fans for involvement in a politically loaded football brawl three years ago that left 74 militant supporters of Al Ahli SC dead.
By James Dorsey, ContributorSenior fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2015-04-19