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
FEBRUARY 2, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER RAPING, MURDERING OWN MOTHER
A man has been sentenced to death after raping and murdering his own mother in Tanta, Egypt, The Filipino Times reported on 31 January 2022.
JANUARY 31, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 10 SENTENCED TO DEATH ON CHARGES OF PLANNING ATTACKS
An Egyptian court on 30 January 2022 sentenced to death 10 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group for coordinating and planning attacks on the police, the state-news agency MENA has reported.
JANUARY 11, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN WHO BEHEADED ANOTHER IN ISMAILIA SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER GRAND MUFTI'S ADVISE SOUGHT
Ismailia Criminal Court on 5 January 2022 sentenced to death Abdel Rahman Nazmy, known as “Dabour” over charges of brutally murdering a citizen and attempting to kill two others in a crowded street in Ismailia.
JANUARY 10, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY AGAINST SIX IN 2016 TERRORIST ATTACK NEAR PYRAMIDS
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on 2 January 2022 commuted the death penalty against six defendants charged with being involved in a terrorist attack on the Three Pyramids Hotel in Giza in 2016.
DECEMBER 13, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STREET BEHEADING
An Egyptian court on 9 December 2021 sentenced a man to death on charges of slaughtering another on the street and parading his head before he was overpowered in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, local media reported.
DECEMBER 6, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS WIFE, SIX CHILDREN
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a man to death on 6 December 2021 for slaying his wife and six children at their home in a village in Fayoum governorate, southwest of Cairo, in May over accumulated debts.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: CASSATION COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 22 OVER KILLING POLICE OFFICER, CONDUCTING 54 TERROR ATTACKS
Egypt’s Court of Cassation rejected on 25 November 2021 an appeal by defendants of the “Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdes” case and upheld death penalty against 22 convicts in the case.
NOVEMBER 15, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FIVE GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPING, RAPING AND KILLING MINOR
An Egyptian court has sentenced five people to death for kidnapping, raping and killing a 10-year-old girl, local media reported.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER COVER-UP
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced a woman to death on 8 November 2021 for the cover-up of her husband's murder and assisting the killer in the act.
OCTOBER 26, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: HISHAM ASHMAWI’S TOP AIDE, 2 OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court sentenced on 25 October 2021 terrorist Bahaa Kishk, the right-hand man of Hisham Ashmawy who was executed in Egypt last year, and two fugitives to death over terrorism charges.
OCTOBER 4, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 3 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court on 28 September 2021 sentenced three members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death and nine to life in prison over killing a policeman and a civilian, state-run MENA news agency reported.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES HISHAM ASHMAWY’S TOP AIDE, TWO OTHERS TO DEATH
An Egyptian court on 27 July 2021 sentenced three persons to death, including the senior aide of Hisham Al-Ashmawy who was executed last year, after finding them guilty of terrorism charges.