File Photo: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. (Agence France-Presse)
United Nations:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "deeply concerned" that deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and more than 90 other people were sentenced to death today over a mass jail break during the country's 2011 uprising.
"The United Nations is against the use of the death penalty in all circumstances," Ban's press office said in a statement. "The Secretary-General is concerned that such verdicts, handed down after mass trials, may well have a negative impact on the prospects for long-term stability in Egypt."
The sentences were part of a crackdown launched after an army takeover stripped Mursi of power in 2013 following mass protests against his rule.
"The United Nations is against the use of the death penalty in all circumstances," Ban's press office said in a statement. "The Secretary-General is concerned that such verdicts, handed down after mass trials, may well have a negative impact on the prospects for long-term stability in Egypt."
The sentences were part of a crackdown launched after an army takeover stripped Mursi of power in 2013 following mass protests against his rule.
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