Qatari students mourn executed youths in Egypt

By Ahmed Yusuf

DOHA

The student representative council of the Qatar University mourned nine youths executed in Egypt in connection with the assassination of the country's attorney-general.

"The council condemns the silence of many Arab and international governments," the council said in a statement.

It said the executions had nothing to do with "the application of justice, traditions and human and religious values".

The student council stressed its "solidarity with the rights of students in the entire Arab world and mourns the nation's martyred students everywhere."

Last week, Egyptian authorities executed nine youths convicted of assassinating Attorney-General Hisham Barakat, who was killed in a car bombing in Cairo in 2015.

The son of senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Taha Wahdan was among those condemned to death.

The death sentence was carried out despite calls by international human rights organization - including Amnesty International – for the Egyptian authorities to halt the execution.