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An Egyptian court sentenced six people, among them two Al Jazeera journalists, to death Saturday for allegedly leaking secret documents to Qatar, in collaboration with ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s government.

The Al Jazeera journalists—Ibrahim Helal, former head of news in Arabic, and Alaa Sablan—are not in state custody and were sentenced in absentia.

Another journalist for a different outlet, the pro-Muslim Brotherhood Rassd News Network was also sentenced to death in absentia, according to Al Jazeera.

The three other defendants sentenced to death—political activist Ahmed Afifi, academic Ahmed Ismail, and flight attendant Mohamed Kilani—are all in state custody.

Morsi, the former Islamist President of Egypt, who was overthrown by the military in 2013, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for espionage (and has been sentenced to life in prison in three separate trials).

This is the final ruling for the 11 people on trial in the espionage case, and confirms the ruling from May 7, which sentenced six defendants to death.

Helal called the trial a sham in an interview with Al Jazeera:

For me, the real betrayal of this nation is wasting its time and money in these silly things and fabricated cases…If your read the evidences, the only two kids of evidences they have are the secret investigations of the police which were disclosed and the second is the confessions of others who gave statements under interrogation and torture…. This is a political case.

Al Jazeera condemned the Egyptian court’s verdict and denied their employees’ involvement in passing on state secrets in a statement on Saturday:

The two journalists were falsely accused of wrongdoing under what is known as “The Espionage Case”, together with the deposed former president Mohamed Morsi, and a number of media professionals.

Al Jazeera Media Network denounces, condemns, and entirely rejects the verdict. Al Jazeera believes this is an unjust and politicized sentence that is a part of the ruthless campaign against freedom of speech and expression, in order to muzzle the voice of free press. Al Jazeera finds the sentence incriminating to the profession of journalism which all international laws and legislation seek to protect, and to all journalists who should be enabled to report with objectivity, professionalism, and integrity.

Dr. Mostefa Souag, Acting Director General of Al Jazeera Media Network, called the sentence, “an entire failure for the justice and court system in Egypt; a country classified as one of the most dangerous places for journalists to work in.”

The Committee to Protect Journalists found Egypt to be the second worst jailer of journalists worldwide in 2015.