Egypt 2015
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News on Egypt in 2015
APRIL 11, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD GROUP GET DEATH PENALTY
death sentences have been handed down to 14 senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders - including the head of the outlawed group - by an Egyptian court.
MARCH 24, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MILITARY COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES ON 7 MILITANTS
An Egyptian military court upheld death sentences for seven people convicted of belonging to a Sinai-based militant group that bombed a military checkpoint in northern Cairo, a lawyer has said.
MARCH 18, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 22 MORSI SUPPORTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court sentenced 22 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death for an attack on a police station in which one officer was killed.
MARCH 10, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 3 FREE SYRIAN ARMY MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING COUNTRYMAN
Three Free Syrian Army (FSA) members were sentenced to death in Egypt for murdering a pro-President Bashar al-Assad Syrian refugee in Cairo, Youm7 reported.
MARCH 7, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FIRST EXECUTION OF MORSI SUPPORTER CARRIED OUT
Egypt carried out its first execution over a murder committed during riots in 2013 amid the overthrowing of
- FEBRUARY 28, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: FOUR BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court sentenced four members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood organisation to death and
FEBRUARY 25, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: SINAI MILITANT HABARA RECEIVES SECOND DEATH SENTENCE
A criminal court has sentenced Sinai Islamist militant Adel Habara and seven other jihadists to death on
FEBRUARY 24, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: SISI OFFICIALLY APPROVES ANTI-TERRORIST LAW
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi officially signed the controversial anti-terrorism act, giving his
FEBRUARY 19, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: IN A FINAL VERDICT, 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2006 RAPE
Egypt's Court of Cassation has upheld the death sentence on four defendants to death, five others to life in
- FEBRUARY 11, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT ORDERS RETRIAL OF 33 SENTENCED BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS
Egypt's Court of Cassation ordered the retrial of 33 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood who were sentenced to death in a mass trial that included the Brotherhood's General Guide Mohamed Badie.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON AL-QAEDA ESPIONAGE CHARGES
Cairo criminal court has reached a final verdict of the death penalty for three and punished a fourth
FEBRUARY 2, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH PENALTY CONFIRMED FOR 183 OVER POLICE KILLINGS
An Egyptian court sentenced 183 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on charges of
- JANUARY 24, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 37 DEATH SENTENCES OVERTURNED IN CRITICIZED TRIAL
Judicial officials in Egypt say an appeals court has ordered a retrial in an internationally criticized mass trial,
- JANUARY 1, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.