Egypt 2020
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News on Egypt in 2020
DECEMBER 31, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: KILLERS OF MAADI GIRL HANDED DOWN DEATH PENALTY
Two Egyptian men were sentenced to death after they were found guilty of dragging a young woman to death following a drive-by theft, a Cairo Criminal Court ruled on 30 December 2020.
DECEMBER 23, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: CAIRO COURT TO SENTENCE 3 DEFENDANTS TO DEATH OVER TORCHING HOUSE, KILLING CHILD
Cairo’s Criminal Court referred the death sentences of three individuals found guilty for the death of a child to Grand Mufti Shawky Allam for approval on 22 December 2020.
DECEMBER 21, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE OF RENOWNED POET AFIFY MATAR
A criminal court in Shebeen El-Kom, Menoufiya, has sentenced a man convicted of murdering writer and critic Nafisa Qandil, the wife of renowned Egyptian poet Mohamed Afify Matar, to death.
DECEMBER 7, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS 57 EXECUTIONS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER
Egyptian authorities executed at least 57 men and women in October and November alone, Amnesty International reported on 2 December 2020.
- DECEMBER 6, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed on 4 October 2020 in Egypt in a case of political violence in the aftermath
Three men were executed on 4 October 2020 in Egypt in a case of political violence in the aftermath
- DECEMBER 6, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt executed 10 men on 4 October 2020 in the case known as
Egypt executed 10 men on 4 October 2020 in the case known as "Agnad Masr," involving
NOVEMBER 29, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING OF 24-YEAR-OLD MARYAM
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced two men to death for the killing of a 24-year-old woman earlier this year in Cairo’s Maadi, Egyptian Streets reported on 26 November 2020.
NOVEMBER 12, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TEN EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT IN MINYA
Ten men have been recently executed in Minya’s high-security Sharq al-Nil Prison, Youm7 reported on 9 November 2020.
- OCTOBER 13, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
egypt The pro-government Al-Masry al-Youm newspaper on 13 October 2020 published the names of eight
The pro-government Al-Masry al-Youm newspaper on 13 October 2020 published the names of eight
- OCTOBER 8, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS DENOUNCES EXECUTION OF 15 OPPOSITIONISTS IN EGYPT
The United Nations (UN) on 7 October 2020 revealed that some of the 15 oppositionists executed by the Egyptian authorities on charges of terrorism, violence and incitement to murder were tortured and did not receive fair trials.
- OCTOBER 8, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
egypt Pro-government newspaper Al-Watan reported on 8 October 2020 that authorities executed seven
Pro-government newspaper Al-Watan reported on 8 October 2020 that authorities executed seven
OCTOBER 7, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 23 DETAINEES EXECUTED
Egyptian authorities executed 23 detainees, 15 of whom were political prisoners, over the weekend (3-4 October 2020), the Middle East Monitor reported on 5 October 2020.
- OCTOBER 6, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
egypt Pro-government newspaper Al-Watan on 6 October 2020 said authorities in Cairo Isti’naf Prison carried out 11 executions,
Pro-government newspaper Al-Watan on 6 October 2020 said authorities in Cairo Isti’naf Prison carried out 11 executions,
- OCTOBER 1, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: SIX MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING POLICEMEN
An Egyptian court on 30 September 2020 sentenced six Muslim Brotherhood members to death over crimes including allegedly killing policemen in 2016, Anadolu Agency reported.
JULY 30, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: CRIMINAL COURT REFERS ‘BEHEIRA BRIDE’ MURDER CASE TO GRAND MUFTI TO CONSIDER DEATH SENTENCE
Damanhur Criminal Court in Egypt on 29 July 2020 referred the case of twenty-year-old bride Amira to the Grand Mufti of Egypt so he can issue a religious opinion on the death sentence resulting from charges that she killed her husband, al-Shahat, 28, five
JULY 29, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 7 EXECUTED OVER KILLING OF POLICEMAN IN 2013
Egypt on 28 July 2020 executed seven people over the killing of a police officer in the northeastern city of Ismailiya in 2013, a security official said.
- JULY 28, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: EXECUTED 7 TERRORISTS ACCUSED OF KILLING THE OFFICER AHMED ABU DOUMA IN ISMAILIA ON NOVEMBER 2013
On July 28, 2020, it took place the execution of 7 prisoners.
JULY 23, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: THREE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ABDUCTION, RAPE OF A MINOR
Egypt’s Qena Criminal Court, headed by Counselor Othman Mohamedin, on 21 July 2020 sentenced to death three defendants over the abduction, rape and attempted murder of a young 17-year old woman.
JULY 3, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 3 DEFENDANTS IN ANSAR AL-SHARIA CASE
Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld on 1st July 2020 death sentences against three defendants convicted on terrorism-related charges in the 2014 case known in the media as the Ansar Al-Sharia case.
JULY 2, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION SENTENCES ONE MONK TO DEATH, ANOTHER TO LIFE FOR ABBOT'S KILLING
Egypt’s highest court on 1st July 2020 upheld a death sentence for a former monk convicted of killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo in 2018.
JULY 1, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MUM SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FEEDING DAUGHTER SULPHURIC ACID
An Egyptian court has sentenced a housewife to death by hanging for killing her baby daughter by feeding her a caustic substance at a private medical clinic in Beheira Governorate, Egyptian media reported on 1st July 2020.
- JUNE 30, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: LIBYAN MILITANT AL MESMARI EXECUTED
Egypt has executed Libyan militant Abdul Rahim Mohammed Al Mesmari, the mastermind behind deadly attack on security forces in Bahariya Oasis in 2017, the Ministry of Defence said in a video statement on its official account on YouTube on 27 June 2020.
- JUNE 27, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: EXECUTED ABDUL RAHIM MOHAMMED ABDULLAH AL-MESMARI, 25 YEARS OLD LIBYAN TERRORIST
On June 27, 2020 it took place the execution Abdul Rahim Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mesmari at Cairo Appeal Court.
JUNE 15, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER FAILED 2018 ALEXANDRIA SECURITY CHIEF ATTACK
The Cairo Criminal Court has handed down death sentences to three defendants over the failed assassination of Alexandria's Chief of the Security Directorate Mostafa Al-Nemr in March 2018, the Daily News reported on 14 June 2020.
APRIL 30, 2020Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EGYPTIAN ENGINEER ON DEATH ROW EXONERATED
An Egyptian engineer who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia in 2017 on charges of smuggling drugs to the Kingdom was acquitted of charges, his brother told Egypt Today on 26 April 2020, saying the ruling is almost final.
- MARCH 30, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DAMAGING PIPELINE, CAUSING 9 DEATHS
A criminal court on 26 March 2020 sentenced five people to death, over damaging a petroleum pipeline and causing the death of nine people in November in northern Egypt.
MARCH 13, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 4 MEN ARRESTED AS TEENS ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY
Four Egyptians who were arrested as teenagers escaped the death penalty on 9 March 2020 after a court in Cairo acquitted them of all their charges, rights group Reprieve confirmed.
MARCH 11, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: UN EXPERTS CALL FOR RELEASE OF FOUR MINORS FACING DEATH SENTENCES
UN human rights experts on 6 March 2020 urged the Egyptian authorities to release four Egyptians minors who have been tried through a process tainted with credible allegations of torture to extract confessions and who are now facing death sentences in a m
- MARCH 4, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: FIVE PRISONERS, INCLUDING A WOMAN, WERE EXECUTED IN THE GENERAL PRISON OF TANTA FOR PREMEDITATED MURDER
On March 4, 2020 it took place the execution of 5 defendants, including a woman, sentenced to death by hanging for having committed premeditated murder.
- MARCH 4, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: EXECUTED ISLAMIC TERRORIST HISHAM EL-ASHMAWY
On March 4,2020 it took place the execution of Hisham el-Ashmawy.