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Egypt has jailed thousands linked to the Muslim Brotherhood
since the army removed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi from
power in July 2013 following mass protests against his rule.
Badie was among 14 who were sentenced to life, alongside deputy
leader Khairat El-Shater and leading figure Mohamed El-Beltagy.
Four lower-level members of the Brotherhood were sentenced to
death on Saturday for inciting violence that led to the killing
of protesters demonstrating outside a Brotherhood office on June
30, 2013, days before Mursi's ouster.
Two of those sentenced to death and three sentenced to life were
tried in absentia.
The death sentences are subject to appeal and many of the
defendants are already serving lengthy sentences on other
charges.
Once the top leader of the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood,
Badie has already been sentenced to multiple life terms, and was
one of hundreds given the death sentence in a mass trial that
drew international criticism of Egypt's judicial system.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who as army chief toppled Mursi,
describes the Brotherhood as a major security threat.
The movement says it is committed to peaceful activism.
(Writing By Shadi Bushra; Editing by Stephen Powell)
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