Nov. 4, 2013 file image made from video provided by Egypt's Interior Ministry shows ousted President Mohammed Morsi, right, speaking from the defendant's cage as he stands with co-defendants in a makeshift courtroom (Photo: AP)
The media were excluded from Sunday's session of the incitement to murder trial of former president Mohamed Morsi.
The ban was made to protect the confidentiality of witness testimonies heard during the session, a judicial source told Ahram Online.
Egyptian state television filmed the beginning and the end of the session.
Morsi, his presidential aides, and senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders, are accused of inciting the murder and torture of protesters outside the presidential palace in December 2012.
At least ten people were killed during protests in December 2012, triggered by a presidential decree that expanded then-president Morsi's powers.
Morsi, who was removed from power in July 2013 amid huge protests against his year-long rule, is currently facing four separate trials.
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