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US ‘deeply concerned’ by Egypt’s death penalty decision for Mohamed Morsi

US ‘deeply concerned’ by Egypt’s death penalty decision for Mohamed Morsi

US joins Amnesty International and Turkey’s president in criticising mass death sentence handed to more than 100 Muslim Brotherhood supporters

The US is “deeply concerned” about an Egyptian court decision to seek the death penalty for the former president Mohamed Morsi, a State Department official said on Sunday.

The US criticism follows condemnation from Amnesty International and Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after the court ruling on Saturday against the deposed leader and 106 supporters of his Muslim Brotherhood in connection with a mass jail break in 2011.

 

SourceThe Guardian
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