Ukraine in Arabic | Ex – Egyptian President Morsi hanged
Kiev/ Ukraine in Arabic/ Tuesday, June 16, was sentenced for his country to death by hanging, according to Reuters.
Such a verdict on the charge of the former leader of Egypt of involvement in the attacks on prisons and police in Cairo January 2011 during the so-called "Arab West".
The court's decision was rendered on 16 may, but all death sentences in Egypt are subject to the approval of the highest religious authority in Egypt – the Supreme mufti. Thus, the mufti approved the highest measure, though even then there remains the possibility of appeal.
Along with Morsi to the hanging were sentenced two leaders of the movement "Muslim brotherhood", which took place in this case.
In total, in the case of espionage was sentenced to death 16 people, including 13 in absentia, another 17 people received life imprisonment. Life imprisonment in Egypt means a 25-year prison term. In April Morsi was sentenced to 20 years in prison for having ordered the arrest and torture of protesters during his presidency. Morsi supporters say that all criminal cases against him are politically motivated and are designed to give an appearance of legitimacy to the military coup. The former President stated that he did not recognize the authority of judges to deal with the charges against him.
The UN, the EU and the White house has already expressed concern about the death sentence for the former President of Egypt. Washington called the verdict "politically motivated" and that the UN Secretary General reiterated that the organization opposes the death penalty under any circumstances. "Today's confirmation of the death sentence against former President Mohammed Morsi, as well as five other people in Egypt, which was the result of a collective process that is associated with the escape from prison in 2011 is a concern.
The EU is against the death penalty in all circumstances. The EU expects that these sentences will be reconsidered in the appeal," reads the press release of the head of EU diplomacy Federica Mogherini, reports RIA "Novosti". UN urged the Egyptian authorities to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty, the sentences to capital punishment may adversely affect the stability of the country, the statement said Secretary-General ban Ki-moon.
"The Secretary-General calls on the Egyptian government to ratify the Second optional Protocol to the International Covenant on civil and political rights and to impose a moratorium on the death penalty", — stated in the message. Previously a "mockery of the law" called the verdict Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and called on the international community to influence the new government of Egypt so that they abolished the death penalty.