Egypt
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, arson, rape,...
- News items in the archive
- 621
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Egypt is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 621 news items on Egypt, from 1999 to today.
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NOVEMBER 9, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: GIZA COURT SENTENCES ONE TO DEATH, REFERS THREE TO GRAND MUFTI
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a man to death in his retrial for the case known to the media as the
OCTOBER 15, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 10 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FORMING TERRORIST GROUP
Ten Islamists were sentenced to death and 20 others to life in prison by an Egyptian court for establishing a
OCTOBER 12, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OVERTURNS 5 DEATH SENTENCES FOR KERDASA POLICE KILLINGS
The Court of Cassation overturned the convictions of five men who were sentenced to death for storming a
OCTOBER 12, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 2 ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2013 KILLING OF OFFICER
Banha Criminal Court motioned a death sentence for two men for killing First Lieutenant Mohamed Yasser
OCTOBER 3, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH PENALTY, LIFE IN PRISON FOR 4 OVER ARSON
Two were sentenced to death, two others to life in prison and a minor to a 10-year jail term for sabotage.
- OCTOBER 1, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 16 JIHADISTS CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICE
An Egyptian court sentenced 16 jihadists to death in a retrial on charges of killing 25 policemen in the Sinai
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: THREE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court has sentenced three members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to death and awarded
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: SINAI MILITANTS' DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
The terrorism department of an Egyptian criminal court upheld the ruling to sentence to death the Sinai-
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: PRESIDENT AL SISI PARDONS TWO JAILED AL JAZEERA REPORTERS
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi pardoned two imprisoned Al Jazeera journalists, resolving a case
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TWO YEARS OF TERROR, 1,695 DEATH SENTENCES SINCE 2013
Egypt has seen 7 death sentences carried out and 246 overturned, with a further 433 still subject to appeal,
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 8 BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Egypt's Minya Criminal Court handed down a death sentence in absentia to eight members of the outlawed
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT RATIFIES 'ISIS' DEATH SENTENCES
A court in Egypt ratified death sentences for 12 people convicted of planning attacks on behalf of ISIS.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 9 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Nine convicts, allegedly belonging to the outlawed Muslim brotherhood, were sentenced to death by
- AUGUST 15, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi enacted a new counterterrorism law that increases authorities’ power to
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi enacted a new counterterrorism law that increases authorities’ power to
- JULY 11, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 464 DEATH SENTENCES IN FIRST YEAR OF SISI'S RULE
The Egyptian Observatory of Rights and Freedoms has reported that both Egyptian military and civilian courts issued 92,420 sentences against Egyptian citizens during the first year of Abdul-Fatah Al-Sisi's rule, including 464 death sentences.
JULY 9, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 14 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
14 members of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to death in two separate terrorism-related cases.
- JULY 4, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: ‘TERRORIST CELL’ MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH, LIFE BY GIZA CRIMINAL COURT
The Giza Criminal Court sentenced one defendant to death and another to life in prison, for forming a
- JUNE 16, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST EX PRESIDENT MORSI UPHELD
An Egyptian court upheld a death sentence handed to former President Mohammed Morsi -- the harshest ruling yet against Egypt's first democratically-elected president since he was overthrown by the military in 2013.
JUNE 13, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT ORDERS RETRIAL OF 16 ACCUSED OF KILLING POLICE
An Egyptian court ordered the retrial of 16 people sentenced to death or long prison terms for their
- JUNE 9, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES 11 TO DEATH IN SOCCER STADIUM CASE
An Egyptian court sentenced 11 men to death for their part in the country's worst outbreak of soccer
- MAY 18, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: BROTHERHOOD MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH, TWO OTHER DEATH SENTENCES REFERRED TO GRAND MUFTI
A Muslim Brotherhood member was sentenced to death and three others to life for accusations of forming a "terror cell".
MAY 17, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: SIX ALLEGED TERRORISTS HANGED IN CAIRO
six men with alleged ties to a terrorist group were hanged in a Cairo jail over violence that followed the 2013 ouster of President Mohammed Morsi.
- MAY 16, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: FORMER LEADER MORSY GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE IN JAILBREAK CASE
Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy was sentenced by a Cairo court to death -- the latest judicial
APRIL 26, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FIVE HANGED FOR MURDER AND THEFT
Authorities in Egypt have hanged five people convicted of murder and theft, the interior ministry said.
- APRIL 21, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MORSI SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS, AVOIDS DEATH PENALTY
An Egyptian court sentenced ousted President Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in jail on violence-related charges.
- APRIL 20, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST 22 MORSI BACKERS
An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences against 22 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi over an attack on a police station in which one officer was killed.
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 PENALTY
EGYPT: 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 PENALTY
EGYPT: 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 PENALTY
EGYPT: 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.