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
- 626
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 626 news items on Egypt, from 1999 to today.
In Egypt capital punishment is applied both by the ordinary courts and by terrorism courts, and sentences not infrequently come at the end of collective trials with dozens of defendants. The method is hanging.
Human rights organisations report sentences founded on contested confessions and limits on the right to a defence. The archive gathers sentences, executions and the individual cases the association follows.
Latest news
APRIL 21, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COLLEAGUE IN ROW OVER PHONE VOLUME
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced
- MARCH 19, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING BOY
an Egyptian court in al-Sharqiya in the northern Nile Delta sentenced four men to death
MARCH 10, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: PAIR EXECUTED AMID QUESTIONS OVER MURDER CONVICTION
Egyptian man Atef Rohyum Abd El Al Rohyum was hanged in Cairo’s Isti'naf prison, and his female co-accused, Jihan Mohammed Ali, was executed in Giza for murdering Ali's husband in January 2004.
- MARCH 4, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE IN STAR’S MURDER
Egypt’s Court of Cassation threw out the death sentences of millionaire Hisham Talat Moustafa...
- JANUARY 1, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
DECEMBER 28, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: THREE MEN TO HANG OVER RAPE AND ROBBERY
An Egyptian court sentenced three men to death after they were convicted of rape and armed robbery
DECEMBER 13, 2009KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: EGYPTIAN BUTCHER GIVEN DEATH FOR PREMEDITATED MURDER
Judge Wael Al-Atiqi of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced Egyptian butcher, S. Radhi, to death for
- DECEMBER 10, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT SAYS IT WILL NOT ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Egypt said that it will not abolish the death penalty because it is a deterrent, even though human rights
- NOVEMBER 15, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 2 CHRISTIANS FACE DEATH PENALTY
two Egyptian Christians were sentenced to death for the murder of a Muslim man who married one of their relatives after she converted to Islam, a judicial source said
- NOVEMBER 12, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PRISONERS OF CHILD GET DEATH
a Medina court in Saudi Arabia sentenced an Egyptian man and his sister to death for kidnapping an Afghani girl and keeping her prisoner for four years.
NOVEMBER 12, 2009JordanDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FOUR JORDANIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUGS
a court in El-Tor, Egypt, sentenced four Jordanians to death for trying to smuggle hashish. The verdict has
NOVEMBER 11, 2009KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: EGYPTIAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced an Egyptian man, identified only as Ismail M., to death for murdering
NOVEMBER 2, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HEAD OF SADDAM’S TRIBE
five men were sentenced to death in Iraq for murdering the head of Saddam Hussein’s Sunni tribe, the
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2009LibyaDEATH PENALTY
the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights said that Egyptian nationals Hijazi Ahmad Zaydan, Haytham al-
the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights said that Egyptian nationals Hijazi Ahmad Zaydan, Haytham al-
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2009LibyaDEATH PENALTY
the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights said that 5 of the 35 Egyptians on death row in al-Kwafiyah
the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights said that 5 of the 35 Egyptians on death row in al-Kwafiyah
- JULY 29, 2009LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libyan authorities executed Egyptian national Fadl Ismail Heteita...
Libyan authorities executed Egyptian national Fadl Ismail Heteita for murder after more than three years on death row.
JULY 25, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER ON TRAIN
five young Egyptians were sentenced to death for hurling a teenager to his death
JUNE 25, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Cairo court confirmed a death sentence against an Egyptian tycoon and an ex-cop
JUNE 24, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 230 DEATH SENTENCES IN SIX MONTHS
Egyptian courts have handed down unprecedented numbers of death sentences in
- JUNE 21, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT TRIBAL MEMBERS GET DEATH
eleven members of an Egyptian Bedouin tribe were sentenced to death for killing a member of a rival tribe in front of his wife and young children
- JUNE 13, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 24 DEATH SENTENCES CONFIRMED
the court in Damanhur, Egypt, confirmed the death sentence given to 24 people on
JUNE 8, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EGYPTIAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
an Egyptian was beheaded by the sword in Riyadh for murdering a Saudi during a
JUNE 7, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FEUD KILLINGS
An Egyptian court sentenced seven people from two feuding families to death for their
MAY 21, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TYCOON TO BE HANGED FOR LEBANESE DIVA MURDER
a Cairo court sentenced an Egyptian tycoon and a former policeman to death for the
MAY 18, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 24 GET DEATH SENTENCE ON MURDER CHARGES
at a court in Damanhur, Egypt, Judge Mahmoud Selim sentenced 24 men to death for a shootout in May 2008.
- MAY 3, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF WIFE, SON AND DAUGHTER
the Cairo Criminal Court in Egypt sentenced Sherif Kamal Al-Din to death. He
- APRIL 15, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Egyptian man was sentenced to death by a court of Giza, Egypt, which found him guilty of the murders of two girls in 2008.
- MARCH 19, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTY
at a conference on organ transplants in Egypt...
at a conference on organ transplants in Egypt...
MARCH 3, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 10 SENTENCED TO HANG FOR GANG-RAPE
an Egyptian court sentenced 10 men to death by hanging for gang-raping a woman, a
FEBRUARY 25, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYUNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, upheld the death sentence of Egyptian