Egypt 2021
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News on Egypt in 2021
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.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 24 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACKING POLICE
A Beheira criminal court on 29 July 2021 sentenced 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death for the killing of police officers in two separate cases, a judicial source said.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FOUR PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2013 POLICE STATION ATTACK
A Minya Criminal court on 13 September 2021 sentenced four people to death by hanging and 22 others to life in prison for raiding and torching a police station, which resulted in the death of two policemen.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 10 DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN
A court in Egypt on 5 September 2021 sentenced seven Pakistanis, two Egyptians and an Iranian citizen to death on charges of smuggling in over two tonnes of heroin by sea, a judicial source said.
- JULY 6, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT EXECUTES STUDENT WHO WAS 'TORTURED TO CONFESS' TO ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF SENIOR OFFICER
Egyptian authorities on 4 July 2021 carried out the death penalty against a university student after his conviction in the case of the assassination of a high-ranking police officer in Alexandria in 2018.
- JULY 5, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
INTERNATIONAL GROUP TO ABOLISH DEATH SENTENCE IN ARAB COUNTRIES ESTABLISHED
An International Committee for the abolition of the death penalty in Arab countries was established on 25 June 2021 under the leadership of former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki.
JULY 1, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SLAYING TEEN SON WITH SCALPEL
An Egyptian court has convicted a father of killing his teenage son with a scalpel and sentenced him to death, Gulf News reported on 29 June 2021.
JUNE 30, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: NINE EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT IN CAIRO
Nine death sentences were carried out on 27 June 2021 at the Cairo appeals prison, a maximum security facility in Cairo known for holding prisoners on death row.
JUNE 25, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: EIGHT PRISONERS EXECUTED
The Egyptian government executed eight people on 21 June 2021 bringing the total number of people hanged this year alone to 57, according to the NGO Reprieve.
JUNE 24, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WIFE IN MANSOURA
A criminal court sentenced two men to death on 22 June 2021 for the killing of the wife of one of the perpetrators in Mansoura city last year.
JUNE 15, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR 12 BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS
An Egyptian court on 14 June 2021 upheld death sentences for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members, concluding a trial linked to a 2013 mass killing by security forces at an Islamist sit-in, a judicial official said.
JUNE 10, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING MENTALLY ILL GIRL
An Egyptian court had sentenced a man to death by hanging after convicting him of raping a mentally challenged girl in his house, the Gulf News reported on 8 June 2021.
- MAY 27, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SLAYING BROTHER
An Egyptian court has sentenced a local man to death after convicting him of fatally stabbing his younger brother, Gulf News reported on 26 May 2021.
MAY 10, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MONK EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF BISHOP AT MONASTERY
The Egypt Prison Authority carried out the death penalty on a monk who killed the abbot of his monastery in 2018, a lawyer and the monk's brother told Reuters on 9 May 2021.
MAY 5, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SLAYING DENTIST
According to legal sources, an Egyptian court has convicted a man on fatally stabbing a dentist and sentenced him to death, the Gulf News reported on 5 May 2021.
- APRIL 28, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 17 PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR 2013 ATTACK ON POLICE
Egyptian authorities on 26 April 2021 hanged 17 people who were convicted of murder for an attack on a police station in 2013, lawyers representing their families have said.
- APRIL 27, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 9 MEN EXECUTED FOR 2013 ATTACK ON POLICE
Egyptian authorities on 26 April 2021 executed nine men, including an 82-year-old man, convicted of murder in an attack on a police station in 2013, security officials and a rights lawyer said. The assault resulted in the deaths of 15 people, including 11
APRIL 26, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: ISIL-LINKED GROUP CLAIMS EXECUTION OF COPT, 2 TRIBESMEN
An Islamic State-affiliated group has claimed the execution of a Coptic Christian and two tribesmen in Egypt’s restive Sinai region, in a video posted on its Telegram channel, Aljazeera reported on 19 April 2021.
MARCH 25, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE, BROTHER
An Egyptian man has been sentenced to death on charges of murdering his wife and his brother after the convict had sexually assaulted his daughter, Gulf News reported on 23 March 2021.
MARCH 24, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: YOUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, BEATING AND KILLING 10-YEAR-OLD COUSIN
An Egyptian man has been sentenced to death for raping and killing his 10-year-old cousin, Gulf News reported on 23 March 2021.
- MARCH 3, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Five prisoners, including three women, were hanged on 27 February 2021 in Egypt,
Five prisoners, including three women, were hanged on 27 February 2021 in Egypt,
- MARCH 2, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: ELEVEN PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Eleven prisoners, all convicted of murder by criminal courts, on 2 March 2021 were executed by prison authorities at Alexandria’s Borg al-Arab Prison.
MARCH 2, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: PRISONER EXECUTED AT DAMANHOUR PRISON
A prisoner was reportedly executed on 1 March 2021 morning in Damanhour, Egypt.