Story highlights The defendants were convicted of murdering 11 police officers and two civilians

That attack followed a deadly, widespread crackdown by security forces

"Mass death sentences" in police killings are becoming routine in Egypt "regardless of facts," Amnesty International says

Cairo (CNN) An Egyptian court triggered an international uproar Monday, confirming a death sentence for 183 defendants.

The defendants were convicted of murdering 11 police and two civilians in August 2013, Egypt's state-run MENA news agency reported.

Those deaths came in an attack on a police station.

It followed a massive, deadly crackdown by Egyptian forces on supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsy

"Today's death sentences are yet another example of the bias of the Egyptian criminal justice system," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui of Amnesty International. "These verdicts and sentences must be quashed and all of those convicted should be given a trial that meets international standards of fairness and excludes the death penalty."

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