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UN rights experts on Monday condemned the executions in Egypt of nine men convicted on the basis of evidence allegedly obtained under torture, and expressed their disapproval of Egypt’s disregard of the legal system. Egyptian authorities executed nine men on February 20 “even though an appeal and a petition to halt their execution were before [...]