UN chief concerned at death sentence for Egypt’s Mursi

United Nations: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is raising “serious concern” at the death sentences against ousted Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi and 105 others.

UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said on Monday that Ban reaffirmed the United Nations’ position against the death penalty.

An Egyptian court sentenced Mursi, who led the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and the others to death on Saturday over a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising that ousted longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

Haq said Ban will monitor the appeals process very closely.