UN chief concerned at death sentence for Egypt's Morsi | Inquirer News

UN chief concerned at death sentence for Egypt’s Morsi

/ 08:55 AM May 19, 2015

Mohammed Morsi

In this May 8, 2014 file photo, Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi sits in a defendant cage in the Police Academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt. AP FILE PHOTO

UNITED NATIONS—Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is raising “serious concern” at the death sentences against ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and 105 others.

READ: Court sentences Egypt’s ousted president to death

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UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Monday that Ban reaffirmed the United Nations’ position against the death penalty.

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An Egyptian court sentenced Morsi, who led the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and the others to death Saturday over a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising that ousted longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

Haq said Ban will monitor the appeals process very closely.

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“The secretary-general underscores the importance of all parties taking steps to promote — and avoiding those that could further undermine — peace, stability and the rule of law in the region,” Haq said.

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