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This Article is From Jun 23, 2014

Egypt Death Penalties 'Obscene', Wrong to Jail Al Jazeera Journalists - United Nations

Egypt Death Penalties 'Obscene', Wrong to Jail Al Jazeera Journalists - United Nations
File photo of United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay.
United Nations: United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Monday that Egypt's death penalty convictions and mass trials are "obscene and a complete travesty of justice".

In a statement, Pillay said that Egypt should release three a Al Jazeera reporters jailed for seven years earlier in the day after being convicted of helping a "terrorist organisation", and she accused Egypt of "crushing" the media.

Those verdicts and the death sentences confirmed on Saturday for 183 Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters are the latest in a string of prosecutions "rife with procedural irregularities and in breach of international human rights law", she said.

© Thomson Reuters 2014

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