Egypt
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- there have been various constitutions; the latest was approved by the constitutional committee in December 2013 and by the people in the referendum of January 14-15, 2014, then ratified by the interim President on January 19, 2014
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English, Islamic, and Napoleonic systems
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral system of the House of Representatives (Majlis Al-Nowaab); 596 seats; 448 members directly elected by a majority mechanism, 120 members - with quotas for women, youth, Christians, and workers - elected from lists, and 28 members appointed by the President; the legislature lasts 5 years
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) is composed of the president and 10 judges, serving as the final instance on issues of constitutionality of laws and conflicts between lower courts regarding jurisdiction and rulings; Court of Cassation (CC), composed of the President and 550 judges organized into circuits, is the highest level of appeal for civil and criminal proceedings, referred to as "ordinary"; the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) - is composed of the President and organized into circuits
- DEATH SENTENCES
- 16 confirmed by the Court of Cassation and 4 by the Supreme Military Court
RELIGIONS
90% Muslims; 9% Copts, 1% Christians
From the country
JULY 9, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 14 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
14 members of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to death in two separate terrorism-related cases.
JULY 4, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: ‘TERRORIST CELL’ MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH, LIFE BY GIZA CRIMINAL COURT
The Giza Criminal Court sentenced one defendant to death and another to life in prison, for forming a
JUNE 16, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST EX PRESIDENT MORSI UPHELD
An Egyptian court upheld a death sentence handed to former President Mohammed Morsi -- the harshest ruling yet against Egypt's first democratically-elected president since he was overthrown by the military in 2013.
JUNE 13, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT ORDERS RETRIAL OF 16 ACCUSED OF KILLING POLICE
An Egyptian court ordered the retrial of 16 people sentenced to death or long prison terms for their
- JUNE 9, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES 11 TO DEATH IN SOCCER STADIUM CASE
An Egyptian court sentenced 11 men to death for their part in the country's worst outbreak of soccer
- MAY 18, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: BROTHERHOOD MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH, TWO OTHER DEATH SENTENCES REFERRED TO GRAND MUFTI
A Muslim Brotherhood member was sentenced to death and three others to life for accusations of forming a "terror cell".
- MAY 18, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: HANDS OFF CAIN, DEATH SENTENCE OF MORSI POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND FURTHER PROOF OF A WORRYING INVOLUTION OF EGYPTIAN MILITARY REGIME
On the sentencing to death of former President Morsi, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, Sergio D'Elia, said: "The death sentence of former President Morsi, the latest in a long line of hundreds in the last year have been imposed on members of the Muslim Broth
MAY 17, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: SIX ALLEGED TERRORISTS HANGED IN CAIRO
six men with alleged ties to a terrorist group were hanged in a Cairo jail over violence that followed the 2013 ouster of President Mohammed Morsi.
MAY 16, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FORMER LEADER MORSY GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE IN JAILBREAK CASE
Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy was sentenced by a Cairo court to death -- the latest judicial
APRIL 26, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FIVE HANGED FOR MURDER AND THEFT
Authorities in Egypt have hanged five people convicted of murder and theft, the interior ministry said.
- APRIL 21, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MORSI SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS, AVOIDS DEATH PENALTY
An Egyptian court sentenced ousted President Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in jail on violence-related charges.
APRIL 20, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST 22 MORSI BACKERS
An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences against 22 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi over an attack on a police station in which one officer was killed.