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Algerian lawmakers call on government to act against human rights violations in Egypt

May 21, 2015 at 8:51 am

At least 53 lawmakers representing the five opposition parties in Algeria yesterday signed a statement calling on the government to reject “human rights violations” in Egypt in the wake of the mass death sentences handed down to ousted President Mohamed Morsi and more than 100 Muslim Brotherhood leaders, the Anadolu Agency reported.

The five parties; the Movement for Society for Peace, Ennahda, the Movement for National Reform, the Justice and Development Front and the National Building Movement, called on the Egyptian judiciary to be “fair and independent and not to desecrate its reputation by issuing political sentences”.

On Saturday, the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced ousted President Mohamed Morsi to death, along with 105 others, including senior Muslim Brotherhood members who were found guilty of planning mass prison-breaks in 2011.

The country’s Grand Mufti must give his opinion on the court’s decision before the sentences can be carried out.

The sentences can be appealed before higher courts.