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.
Latest news
MARCH 7, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FIRST EXECUTION OF MORSI SUPPORTER CARRIED OUT
Egypt carried out its first execution over a murder committed during riots in 2013 amid the overthrowing of
FEBRUARY 28, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FOUR BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court sentenced four members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood organisation to death and
FEBRUARY 25, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: SINAI MILITANT HABARA RECEIVES SECOND DEATH SENTENCE
A criminal court has sentenced Sinai Islamist militant Adel Habara and seven other jihadists to death on
FEBRUARY 24, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: SISI OFFICIALLY APPROVES ANTI-TERRORIST LAW
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi officially signed the controversial anti-terrorism act, giving his
FEBRUARY 19, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: IN A FINAL VERDICT, 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2006 RAPE
Egypt's Court of Cassation has upheld the death sentence on four defendants to death, five others to life in
FEBRUARY 11, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT ORDERS RETRIAL OF 33 SENTENCED BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS
Egypt's Court of Cassation ordered the retrial of 33 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood who were sentenced to death in a mass trial that included the Brotherhood's General Guide Mohamed Badie.
FEBRUARY 8, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON AL-QAEDA ESPIONAGE CHARGES
Cairo criminal court has reached a final verdict of the death penalty for three and punished a fourth
FEBRUARY 2, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH PENALTY CONFIRMED FOR 183 OVER POLICE KILLINGS
An Egyptian court sentenced 183 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on charges of
- JANUARY 24, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 37 DEATH SENTENCES OVERTURNED IN CRITICIZED TRIAL
Judicial officials in Egypt say an appeals court has ordered a retrial in an internationally criticized mass trial,
- JANUARY 1, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
DECEMBER 7, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: ANOTHER FOUR BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Cairo court sentenced to death four members of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood over the killing of
- DECEMBER 6, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT SENTENCED SEVEN JIHADISTS TO DEATH IN SINAI CASE
An Egyptian court has sentenced to death seven men, including prominent Islamist militant Adel Habara,
- DECEMBER 2, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 188 DEATH SENTENCES IN MASS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT VERDICT
Giza's criminal court sentenced 188 defendants to death for a violent attack on a police station after last
- NOVEMBER 29, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN COURT DROPS CASE AGAINST MUBARAK OVER 2011 PROTEST DEATHS
An Egyptian court has dropped its case against former President Hosni Mubarak over the killing of
- NOVEMBER 6, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: FOUR RAPISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NILE DELTA
Four men were sentenced to death for raping a woman in Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt.
- OCTOBER 21, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MILITARY COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MILITANTS
An Egyptian military court confirmed death sentences against seven Islamist militants convicted of attacking
- OCTOBER 15, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY IMPOSED ON THREE SEYCHELLES NATIONALS
The highest Court of Appeal in Egypt has upheld the death penalty imposed on three Seychellois nationals
OCTOBER 14, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT SIGNALS DEATH PENALTY FOR 7 JIHADISTS IN SINAI CASE
An Egyptian court has recommended death sentences for seven men, including a prominent Islamist militant,
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT CONFIRMED DEATH SENTENCE TO 20
An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences for 20 Muslim Brotherhood members for burning a police
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR FIVE ISLAMISTS
An Egyptian court upheld death sentences against five Islamists convicted of charges including killing a
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER BADIE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN JAIL
Mohamed Badie, top leader of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, was sentenced to life in jail along
AUGUST 30, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: BADIE DEATH SENTENCE REDUCED TO LIFE
Egypt's Grand Mufti has commuted the death sentence handed to the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader,
- AUGUST 28, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: FOUR ALLEGED MOSSAD SPIES BEHEADED BY MILITANT GROUP
AUGUST 28, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TWO MORSI SUPPORTERS GET DEATH PENALTY, 43 OTHERS LIFE IN JAIL
- AUGUST 26, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 12 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON TERRORIST CHARGES
between 23 and 26 August 2014, twelve people were sentenced to death on terrorism-related charges in two separate cases.
- AUGUST 7, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MUFTI URGES REVIEW OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER DEATH SENTENCE
Egypt’s Mufti Shaki Allam has urged a reconsideration of the death sentence verdict passed on Muslim
- AUGUST 5, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: GIZA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 12 MORSI SUPPORTERS
A Giza court upheld the death sentences on 12 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi,
- JULY 16, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: TEENAGER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER AND RAPE
A 19-year-old man was sentenced to death by an Egyptian court on charges of sexual assault and murder
- JULY 10, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: HAMBOULY’S DEATH SENTENCE SENT TO GRAND MUFTI
The Luxor Criminal Court referred the death sentences issued against Yasser Abdel Qader, known as Al-
- JULY 5, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MUFTI CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR 10
Thirty-seven out of 48 defendants accused of inciting violence and blocking the Qalyoub Highway last year