On 3 June, international and national trial observers were banned from observing the first session of the military trial of 33 leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The defendants were not formally charged, but received a list of offences relating to financing of terrorist activities for which they are allegedly responsible. A second hearing was held on 13 July, when the trial was again suspended until 5 August.
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