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UN urges Egypt to reverse ‘unfair trial’ death sentences
GENEVA, Sept 9, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – An Egyptian court’s confirmation of 75 death sentences was not based on a fair trial and should be reversed to avoid an “irreversible miscarriage of justice”, the UN said Sunday.
New UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said the confirmation of 75 death sentences handed down by the Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday were the result of “an unfair trial”, warning that if implemented it would “represent a gross and irreversible miscarriage of justice”.
Bachelet added in a statement: “I hope that the Egyptian Court of Appeal will review this verdict and ensure that international standards of justice are respected by setting it aside.”
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