Brotherhood head, 682 others tried in Egypt after mass death sentence

May be this trial has some finger of Saudi Arabia, Egypts new sponsor?

The U.N. human rights office said Monday's mass death sentences contravened international law and the ruling was also criticized by the European Union and the United States.
The United States escalated its criticism on Tuesday.
"The imposition of the death penalty for 529 defendants after a two-day summary proceeding cannot be reconciled with Egypt's obligations under international human rights law, and its implementation of these sentences ... would be unconscionable," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told a news briefing in Washington.
The death sentences on Monday and the start of the new mass trial on Tuesday "represent a flagrant disregard for basic standards of justice," Harf said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/25/us-egypt-brotherhood-idUSBREA2O0F720140325