GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday an Egyptian court's decision to sentence 529 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death contravened international law, and voiced concern for thousands of others facing the same charges.
Rights campaigners and lawyers described Monday's ruling as the biggest mass death penalty handed out in Egypt's modern history.
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