Egypt 2018
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News on Egypt in 2018
- DECEMBER 31, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: Adel Abdel Nour El Sayed Soliman executed for murder
Egypt: Adel Abdel Nour El Sayed Soliman executed for murder
DECEMBER 28, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: ISIS-AFFILIATED MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHRISTIAN DOCTOR
The Cairo Criminal Court handed a death sentence to an ISIS-affiliated man who killed a christian doctor in his clinic in Shubra, Asharq Al-Awsat reported on 23 December 2018.
DECEMBER 27, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: AT LEAST 581 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 32 EXECUTED IN FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 2018
Over 30 people were executed and nearly 600 death sentences were issued in Egypt in the first 11 months of 2018, according to a report issued on 22 December 2018 by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).
- DECEMBER 5, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: Karam Mohammed Abdel Radi executed for murder
5 December 2018: Karam Mohammed Abdel Radi executed for murder
- DECEMBER 4, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: 5 people executed in Minya prison
4 December 2018: 5 people executed in Minya prison
DECEMBER 3, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH SENTENCES DROPPED AGAINST 2 CHARGED WITH PLANNING TO KILL ARMY OFFICERS
Egypt’s High Military Appeals Court accepted the petition filed by two defendants charged with membership in a cell that planned the assassination of army officers and politicians and committed other acts of violence and sabotage, middleeastmonitor.com re
- NOVEMBER 27, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST 10 OVER KILLING TOP PROSECUTOR
An Egyptian court on 25 November 2018 confirmed death sentence against 10 defendants over killing former public prosecutor in a bomb attack on his car in 2015, state-run Ahram newspapers reported on its website.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: 5 defendants executed in Cairo prison
26 November 2018: 5 defendants executed in Cairo prison
- NOVEMBER 26, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 17 ISLAMIC MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COPTIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH KILLINGS
17 Islamic militants were sentenced to death on 22 November 2018 for their role in multiple church bombings in Egypt that killed scores of Coptic Christians.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH, SIX TO 10 YEARS IN 'TANTA TERRORIST CELL' CASE
The Cairo Criminal Court on 17 November 2018 sentenced one defendant involved in the case of "Tanta Terrorist Cell" to death.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST 80-YEAR-OLD QURAN TUTOR
The Egyptian government has upheld a death sentence against Sheikh Abdel Halim Gabreel, an 80-year-old Quran tutor, with Amnesty International campaigning for him to receive a presidential pardon, middleeastmonitor reported on 13 November 2018.
NOVEMBER 12, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 7 CONVICTED OF KILLING POLICEMAN
An Egyptian top court upheld on 11 November 2018 a previous death sentence against seven defendants convicted of killing a policeman in 2013, official MENA news agen
NOVEMBER 9, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: EIGHT ISIS JIHADISTS ARE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DEADLY ATTACK AGAINST SOLDIERS
An Egyptian military court on 7 November 2018 sentenced eight ISIS fighters to death for a deadly attack against an army checkpoint in 2016.
NOVEMBER 8, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TODDLER RAPIST IN FINAL RULING
A high Egyptian appeals court has upheld a death sentence against a man for raping a 20-month-old girl last year, a judicial source said on 7 November 2018, in a final ruling in a case that provoked widespread public outcry.
- OCTOBER 16, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMEN
A court in Egypt on 14 October 2018 sentences three people to death for their involvement in the killing of 10 policemen and for belonging to an extremist group, a judicial source said.
OCTOBER 15, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES 17 PEOPLE TO DEATH FOR THE ATTACK ON COPTIC CHURCHES
A military court in Egypt has sentenced to death 17 people, held responsible for a series of attacks against some Coptic Christian churches in the country
OCTOBER 9, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES FOUR JIHADISTS TO DEATH
An Egyptian military court has sentenced four jihadists to death over attacks which killed 20 police officers, a judicial source said on 7 October 2018.
- OCTOBER 3, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT COURT CANCELS DEATH, IMPRISONMENT SENTENCES FOR ‘RETURNEES FROM LIBYA’ CASE, ORDERS RETRIAL
Egypt’s Court of Cassation ruled on October 2, 2018 to accept the appeal filed by defendants in the “Returnees from Libya” case, cancelling their death and imprisonment sentences and ordering a retrial.
OCTOBER 2, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT ORDERS RETRIAL OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER
An Egyptian court has ordered a retrial of the Muslim Brotherhood's leader Mohamed Badie and other senior figures from the banned group starting on Oct. 7, judicial sources and state news agency MENA said on September 30, 2018.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT SENTENCES 20 TO DEATH, JAILS SCORES OVER POLICE KILLINGS
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on September 24, 2018 upheld death sentences for 20 people convicted of killing 13 policemen during violent unrest after the military overthrow of president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 65 PEOPLE SENTENCED OVER 2013 VIOLENCE
An Egyptian court on September 23, 2018 sentenced 64 people to varying prison terms and one man to death over violence in 2013 when the military overthrew the elected Islamist president.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER BY HANGING
Abdel Rahman al-Gabarty was hanged on June 24 2018 after a death sentence in Case 119/2016, charged with the March 2015 killing of a high-ranking police official in the Suez area of east Cairo.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT ISSUED 100 DEATH SENTENCES IN JUNE
Egyptian courts issued 41 death sentences, referred 60 other cases to the country’s Grand Mufti for approval, and executed one person in June, the Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) announced on July 10, 2018.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN COURT SENTENCES 3 MEN TO DEATH FOR 2013 VIOLENCE
An Egyptian court sentenced three men to death and another 41 to life imprisonment on September 12, 2018 for their part in a 2013 attack on a police station south of Cairo.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION ENDORSES FINAL DEATH SENTENCES FOR 2 DEFENDANTS IN TERROR CASE
Egypt's Court of Cassation has endorsed on June 26, 2018 final death sentences for two defendants in a terrorism-related case.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: Hamada Riad Al Adham executed in Cairo prison
12 September 2018: Hamada Riad Al Adham executed in Cairo prison
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt 2 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes
10 April 2018: a criminal court sentenced two brothers to death after their conviction for killing a contractor and setting his corpse on fire.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT COURT SENTENCES 75 TO DEATH OVER DEADLY 2013 PROTESTS
Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced 75 protesters to death, 47 life sentences, and heavy prison sentences ranging from 15 to five years to 612 people in a mass trial over a 2013 protest in support of the Muslim Brotherhood.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: Six executed for murder in Cairo Prison
2 September 2018: Six executed for murder in Cairo Prison
- AUGUST 30, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: Five executions carried out in Zagazig Public Prison
30 August 2018: Five executions carried out in Zagazig Public Prison