Egypt 2018

EGYPT: 10 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PLANNING ATTACKS

An Egyptian court sentenced 10 people to death after they were convicted of forming a terrorist group and planning attacks on police and security forces, judicial sources said.

Seven executions were carried out for terrorism in Minya prison in one day.

7 March 2018: Seven executions were carried out for terrorism in Minya prison in one day.

two executions were carried out in the Minya prison: Mustafa Hamadah Ahmed Mohammed was hanged in

two executions were carried out in the Minya prison: Mustafa Hamadah Ahmed Mohammed was hanged in

EGYPT TO RAISE PUNISHMENT FOR POSSESSING EXPLOSIVES UP TO EXECUTION

The Egyptian parliament approved a new draft law raising the punishment of possessing explosives up to execution when used in terrorist attacks, the parliament said in a statement.

EGYPT EXECUTES SIX, TWO OF WHOM WERE WOMEN

26 february 2018: according to a local judicial source, the Egyptian authorities executed six people, five from the same family.

Egypt: Man executed for Murder

26 February 2018: Man executed for Murder

EGYPT: 21 DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ‘DAMIETTA TERRORIST CELL’

Cairo criminal court headed by Chancellor Shabeb Al-Damarany sentenced 21 defendants to death in the case known publicly by “Damietta terrorist cell”.

EGYPT: 4 DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ‘AWSIM CELL’ CASE

Giza Criminal Court sentenced 4 defendants to death in the case known publicly by “Awsim cell”.

EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENT STRONGLY REJECTS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S RESOLUTION ON EXECUTIONS

EGYPT: MILITARY COURT UPHOLDS TWO DEATH SENTENCES OVER 2013 MURDER OF POLICE CONSCRIPTS

Egypt’s high military appeals court upheld death sentences handed to two defendants over the August 2013 murder of two police personnel in North Sinai.

EGYPT: THREE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER AWSIM BLOOD-FEUD REVENGE

Giza Criminal Court sentenced three defendants to death in their re-trail over killing a person and attempted murder of two others

EGYPT COURT ASKS MUFTI TO WEIGH IN ON DEATH SENTENCES FOR 10

An Egyptian court has referred the case of 10 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members held on terrorism charges to the country's top religious authority, the Grand Mufti, for a non-binding opinion on whether they can be executed.

EGYPT: SENTENCED TO DEATH TO 19 FOR CHURCH ATTACK

an Egyptian court sentenced 19 Muslim defendants to a suspended sentence of one year for attacking an unlicensed church south of Cairo.

EGYPT: ONE AGED 25 EXECUTED

Tayseer Odeh Sulaiman, aged 25, was executed on January 30, 2018.

EGYPT EXECUTES MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING ARMY OFFICER

Egyptian prison authorities have executed an Egyptian man on charges of killing an Egyptian army officer in the Ismailia province in 2013.

Egypt: Three executions were carried out for rape in Burj Al Arab Prison

23 January 2018: Three executions were carried out for rape in Burj Al Arab Prison

EGYPT COURT SENTENCES 3 TO DEATH OVER OFFICER’S DEATH

Egypt’s highest appellate court upheld death sentences handed down against three people for killing a senior police officer in 2013.

the Court of Cassation upheld death sentences passed down on three defendants over the murder of a high-ranking police officer in rural Kerdasa town in September 2013 in the aftermath of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s ouster.

the Court of Cassation upheld death sentences passed down on three defendants over the murder of a high-ranking police officer in rural Kerdasa town in September 2013 in the aftermath of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s ouster.

according to Human Right Watch 2018 Report: “Since July 2013, Egyptian criminal courts have sentenced over 800

according to Human Right Watch 2018 Report: “Since July 2013, Egyptian criminal courts have sentenced over 800

North Cairo Criminal court issues final verdict in the trial of a man charged with killing a Coptic priest and injuring another in Cairo.

North Cairo Criminal court issues final verdict in the trial of a man charged with killing a Coptic priest and injuring another in Cairo.

three defendants, Mohammed Gamal al-Sayyed Ateyya, Mohammed Misbah Abd al-Haqq al-Sayyed, and Mohammed Ibrahim al-Baz, were executed

9 january 2018: three defendants, Mohammed Gamal al-Sayyed Ateyya, Mohammed Misbah Abd al-Haqq al-Sayyed, and Mohammed Ibrahim al-Baz, were executed

Liz Throssell, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Liz Throssell, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

the number of civilians sentenced to death in Egypt's military courts leapt from 60 in 2016 to at least 112 in 2017,

the number of civilians sentenced to death in Egypt's military courts leapt from 60 in 2016 to at least 112 in 2017,

EGYPT: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED DAYS AFTER MASS EXECUTION

Egyptian prison authorities executed five inmates who had been sentenced to death, four of them over a bombing that killed military cadets, security officials said.

The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.

The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.

The West Cairo Military Court sentenced one person to death and four others to life in prison in relation to an attack on the Embassy of Niger in Giza in July 2015, in which one policeman was killed.

1 January 2018: the West Cairo Military Court sentenced one person to death and four others to life in prison in relation to an attack on the Embassy of Niger in Giza in July 2015, in which one policeman was killed.

an Egyptian military court issued preliminary death sentenced against eight defendants on a charge of murdering a senior police officer in Cairo in 2015.

an Egyptian military court issued preliminary death sentenced against eight defendants on a charge of murdering a senior police officer in Cairo in 2015.