Cairo Criminal Court started on Sunday the first session of the trial of former president Mohamed Morsi and ten defendants of the Muslim Brotherhood over espionage charges.
The defendants face charges of leaking some classified information to the Qatari Intelligence and Doha-based Aljazeera channel about the national security and the Egyptian Armed Forces with the aim of harming Egypt's army and national interests.
Among the defendants are the former head of Morsi's office, Ahmed Abdel-Aatti, and secretary Ameen al-Serafi, along with figures from Al Jazeera news network and the Muslim Brotherhood's Misr 25 satellite channel.
The classified documents included information on military positions and armaments, as well as additional information on the country's general policies.
These documents were sent from the general and military intelligence, the Armed Forces, the Interior Ministry's National Security and Administrative Monitoring Authority to the presidential institution.