UN Chief Concerned by Death Sentence for Egypt's Morsi

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is "deeply concerned" that deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and more than 90 other people were sentenced to death on Tuesday 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...

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