UN Secretary-General António Guterres has defended the organisation’s call for an independent and transparent investigation into the death of former Egypt’s president Mohammed Morsi.
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Egypt’s former President, Mohammed Morsi, has been buried in Cairo, his son said on Tuesday, after he collapsed in court and died a day earlier.
At least five South African tourists were injured on Sunday when their bus hit a roadside bomb near the Grand Egyptian Museum in the vicinity of the Giza Pyramids, a security source said.
The accused were charge in August 2013 after the army’s removal of President Mohammed Morsi
The secretary-general urged the Egyptian government to ratify the second optional protocol of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and to impose a moratorium on the death penalty
Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide, Mohammed Badie; former parliament speaker, Saad al-Katatni; and three other co-defendants also received the death penalty in the case
Morsi’s supporters have described the charges against him as “farcical”
The court also postponed to June 16 issuing a final ruling in a separate case for Brotherhood leader Khairat el-Shater and 15 others for conspiring with foreign militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah against Egypt
The State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they were concerned with the way Egyptian court was handling death sentence and mass trials
All death sentences must first be sent to the Grand Mufti, Egypt’s highest religious authority, for his opinion on whether they should stand.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday reads: “The Federal Government of Nigeria has received with grave concern, news of the overthrow by the Armed Forces, of the democratically elected President of Egypt, Mr. Mohammed Morsi and the suspension of the country’s constitution