The United Nations human rights office today deemed that the recent Egyptian court decision to sentence over 500 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death contravened international law.
Speaking in Geneva, the United Nations human rights spokesman, Rupert Colville, said,
Speaking in Geneva, the United Nations human rights spokesman, Rupert Colville, said,
“The mass imposition of the death penalty after a trial rife with procedural irregularities is in breach of international human rights law. It is particularly worrying that there are thousands of other defendants who have been detained since last July on similar charges.”Morsi supporters sentenced to death in Egypt (24 March 2014)