[An Nahar] French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Wednesday criticized Egypt for imposing death sentences on nearly 700 suspected Islamists.
"These sort of slaughter sentences are absolutely unacceptable," Fabius told French politicians.
"One does not build peace through mass executions. One builds peace through reconciliation, and that is true for Egypt and for all nations in the world," he said.
An Egyptian court on Monday imposed death sentences on 683 people, including Moslem Brüderbund leader Mohammed Badie, amid a crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi
...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator...
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